Wintergreen Woods
Wintergreen Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is William J. Pitkin Recreation Complex, a park 0.5 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What the record says
- Elevation
- 74 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Wethersfield
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- William J. Pitkin Recreation Complex: 0.5 mi
- Francis Green: 0.6 mi
- Colonel John Chester Park: 0.6 mi
- Savage Park: 0.8 mi
- Farms Village Park: 0.9 mi
- Kelly Property: 0.5 mi
- Ridgecrest Circle Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Wood Parcel: 1.4 mi
- Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel: 1.5 mi
- Mill Woods Park: 1.5 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 0.7 mi
- Harriss Hill: 1.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.9 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 1.3 mi
- Trinity College Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Warner Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Hunger Strikers Memorial: 1.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Statue of Bishop Thomas C. Brownell: 2.8 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 3.4 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 1.3 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 1.3 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 1.3 mi
- Myths, Minds and Medicine Museum: 2.7 mi
- Kellog Eddy House & Museum: 3.0 mi
- Constitution Oak: 1.3 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 4.1 mi
- Mark Twain House: 4.2 mi
- Keney Tower: 4.5 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 7.5 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 2.9 mi
- Dividend Falls: 4.9 mi
- Cascades: 5.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 8.4 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 3.1 mi
- Pulaski: 3.6 mi
- Equality: 3.6 mi
- Stegosaurus: 3.7 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 3.8 mi
- Crow Point: 3.1 mi
- South Wall: 7.5 mi
- Solar Panel: 7.5 mi
- Superstructure: 7.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 8.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.8 mi
- Boating Side: 19.4 mi
- Waterfront: 19.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
- Big Spring: 23.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Wintergreen Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | NW 319° | 276 m | 9.5 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SE 128° | 265 m | 8.9 mi |
| Ely Mound | NW 312° | 246 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 72° | 237 m | 10.4 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 96° | 234 m | 9.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | W 266° | 229 m | 7.9 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 135° | 228 m | 9.6 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SW 230° | 217 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
- sensitive fern20 obs
- eastern poison ivy19 obs
- garlic mustard16 obs
- American Robin15 obs
- ground-ivy15 obs
- Canada Goose14 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43441523
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 16 mi
- Tolland · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 20 mi
- Somers · 23 mi
- Storrs · 23 mi
- Longmeadow · 24 mi
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