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Woodbridge Road Open Space

Woodbridge Road Open Space from directly overhead

Woodbridge Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bishop Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

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What to expect

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State of Connecticut
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77145, -72.37015
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • dog memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.3 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.9 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.2 mi
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 2.3 mi
  • Lisicke Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
  • Patriots Park: 3.2 mi
  • Veteran Green: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 52
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 51
  • filled-in well: 5.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.7 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 8.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • Cascades: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Picnic: 22.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Woodbridge Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillN 354°294 m7.6 mi
Whifford HillNE 35°291 m10.1 mi
Kendall HillN 2°290 m10.3 mi
Grant HillNNW 345°284 m3.3 mi
Sugar HillN 360°282 m8.5 mi
Reed HillNNW 342°275 m5.4 mi
MannantuckSW 231°273 m6.8 mi
John Tom HillSW 231°272 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082313

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