Wildwoods Nature Preserve
Wildwoods Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 339 m. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the east, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Trails Council Girl Scouts (Camp Seeley), a nature reserve 1.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Trails Council Girl Scouts (Camp Seeley): 1.2 mi
- Skiff Mountain Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 2.1 mi
- D'Alton Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Skiff Mountain Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Bucksbaum Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Field: 5.4 mi
- Kent Green: 5.5 mi
- Kent Commons Park: 5.9 mi
- Ketcham Park: 6.2 mi
- Ellsworth Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Deming Hill: 2.3 mi
- Skiff Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Currie Hill: 3.2 mi
- Lime Kiln: 5.6 mi
- Folly: 6.7 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 8.5 mi
- Mill Ruins: 11.4 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 12.7 mi
- Kent Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascades: 8.1 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 10.8 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 4.8 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 11.3 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 7.0 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 9.4 mi
- wings castle: 10.1 mi
- Peter's Forge: 11.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 12.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 15.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.0 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 16.2 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 16.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 11.7 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 13.9 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 17.7 mi
- Personal Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 22.6 mi
- Grand Staircase: 5.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.2 mi
- Kelly Slide: 15.6 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 18.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.9 mi
- Jean Widmark: 20.0 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 23.1 mi
- Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 23.1 mi
- Winston Chruchill: 23.1 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 23.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.0 mi
- Questing: 24.9 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 22.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 9.1 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Wildwoods Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Hill | E 100° | 473 m | 1.9 mi |
| Woodbury Mountain | E 95° | 464 m | 7.3 mi |
| Dudleytown Hill | E 94° | 461 m | 6.8 mi |
| Whitcomb Hill | E 101° | 459 m | 6.0 mi |
| Peck Mountain | E 99° | 447 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sharon Mountain | NE 47° | 445 m | 5.5 mi |
| Preston Hill | SSW 192° | 442 m | 6.9 mi |
| Coltsfoot Mountain | E 83° | 442 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43436596
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 28 mi
- Monterey · 29 mi
- Putnam County · 29 mi
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