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Woodhaven Preserve

Woodhaven Preserve from directly overhead

Woodhaven Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Seeley Acres, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Cheshire Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52642, -72.87535

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 8.1 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 10.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Red Bridge: 1.9 mi
  • Rochambeau Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.1 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 4.3 mi
  • City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Spruce Glen Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 60
  • 1954: 7.3 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 7.5 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 8.7 mi
  • Hospital Rock: 11.7 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Maori Head: 8.4 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 8.9 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 9.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.0 mi
  • Home: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 49
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.6 mi
  • Pond View: 23.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 3.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Woodhaven Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNW 336°313 m9.2 mi
Lindsley HillNW 325°312 m8.1 mi
West PeakNNE 33°301 m3.0 mi
Becar HillNW 318°297 m8.7 mi
Compounce MountainNNW 336°290 m8.0 mi
Southington MountainNW 324°281 m6.3 mi
East PeakNE 44°277 m2.9 mi
Higby MountainENE 76°272 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1208944716

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