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Windwood Open Space

Windwood Open Space from directly overhead

Windwood Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Wintechog Hill stands 139 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clipper Court Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Groton
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.35163, -71.98643

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bel-Aire Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Historic Site of Pequot War Massacre: 0.8 mi
  • Mystic Academy Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mystic River Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mystic River Park Playground: 1.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions: 22
Artworks: 20
  • John Kelley Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 1.4 mi
  • Mjolnir: 2.1 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 2.2 mi
  • Penguin: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cascade: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade: 1.8 mi
  • Silver Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Cascade: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 14
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Factory Pond: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Windwood Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wintechog HillNNE 23°139 m8.2 mi
Swantown HillNNE 21°132 m9.1 mi
Church HillN 354°120 m7.3 mi
Lantern HillNNE 16°118 m7.8 mi
Gungywamp HillNW 314°108 m4.9 mi
Vinegar HillNW 325°108 m6.2 mi
Jeremy HillNE 42°101 m6.7 mi
Great HillWNW 291°99 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:25
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1115:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1210834788

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