Windy Hill Road Open Space
Windy Hill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Ragged Hill stands 265 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Alworth Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 3.5 miles off.
Town Open Space (Windy Hill Road) 2 Parcels; Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Hampton
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 10.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 6.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Alworth Hill: 0.7 mi
- Sharpe Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.0 mi
- Kimball Hill: 1.1 mi
- Grow Hill: 1.8 mi
- Connecticut Waterfowlers Association: 1.2 mi
- Rad Ostby Memorial Forest: 1.3 mi
- H. E. Preston Nature Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Fuller Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Sherman Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
- Israel Putnam Monument: 3.8 mi
- Brooklyn Recreation Park: 4.6 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 5.3 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 3.4 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 4.6 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 7.2 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 7.5 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 11.4 mi
- Manny: 11.5 mi
- U’s and C’s: 11.5 mi
- Willy: 11.5 mi
- Copper Tower: 11.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cargill Falls: 9.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 10.7 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.9 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 12.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.0 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 6.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 7.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 8.5 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 10.6 mi
- Mary's Garden: 11.4 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 11.9 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 12.0 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 12.1 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 9.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.8 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 15.4 mi
- Wescott Beach: 17.8 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 18.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 9.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 17.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 5.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 10.6 mi
- Picnic: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Windy Hill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | N 356° | 265 m | 7.1 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | N 355° | 265 m | 8.1 mi |
| Daven Hill | N 0° | 258 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NNW 331° | 257 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NNW 346° | 252 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | N 355° | 251 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | NNW 344° | 248 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | WNW 301° | 241 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/946669932
Day trips start here
- Putnam · 10 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 12 mi
- Storrs · 12 mi
- Willimantic · 12 mi
- Woodstock · 12 mi
- Foster · 14 mi
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