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Woodcrest Park

Woodcrest Park from directly overhead

Woodcrest Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Ayer Hill stands 144 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodcrest Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.1 miles off.

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What the record says

Elevation
36 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.37378, -71.98843

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Beaches: 54
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 20
  • Mystic Blue: 1.5 mi
  • John Kelley Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Mjolnir: 1.6 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 1.6 mi
  • Penguin: 1.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Gardens: 14
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Factory Pond: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Woodcrest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ayer HillNNE 12°144 m7.7 mi
Wintechog HillNNE 29°139 m6.8 mi
Cossaduck HillNNE 34°139 m8.1 mi
Swantown HillNNE 26°132 m7.7 mi
Church HillN 353°120 m5.8 mi
Lantern HillNNE 21°118 m6.4 mi
Gungywamp HillWNW 299°108 m3.9 mi
Vinegar HillNW 315°108 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:26
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.

  • Mallard106 obs
  • House Sparrow44 obs
  • Bay Nettle31 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant30 obs
  • American Herring Gull28 obs
  • American wintergreen26 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage24 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/940572081

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