Nature reserve · Connecticut

Woodja Hill

Woodja Hill from directly overhead

Woodja Hill is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Essex Land Trust

Getting there

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Coordinates41.37439, -72.40009

16.5 mi off the North Fork Trail
25.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
28.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A

Overlooks nearby

Bluff Overlook · 18 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Millstone Hill: 0.3 mi
Book Hill: 0.8 mi
Rattling Valley Hill: 1.2 mi
Stumpet Hill: 1.3 mi
Shippy Hill: 1.5 mi

Parks

Hubbard Field: 1.1 mi
Essex Tennis Courts: 1.3 mi
Municipal Triangle: 1.4 mi
Essex Square: 1.5 mi
Essex Park: 1.7 mi

Museums

Essex Historical Society: 1.5 mi
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 1.7 mi
Connecticut River Museum: 1.8 mi
Museum of Fife and Drum: 2.8 mi
Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 3.3 mi

Historic sites

Lyme Roll of Honor: 2.7 mi
Suellen Kozy McCuin: 3.6 mi
The Eagle: 4.2 mi
The Ancient Town of Lyme: 4.2 mi
Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi

Beaches

Waterfalls42

Cascade: 5.1 mi
Clark Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
Cascade: 6.1 mi
Cascade: 6.2 mi
Succor Brook Falls: 6.5 mi

Attractions38

Historic Ferry: 3.5 mi
Stone Table: 3.7 mi
Salmon Head Rock: 4.0 mi
tri-town marker: 6.5 mi
turtle rock: 7.5 mi

Gardens27

Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
Gingers Garden: 9.7 mi
Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
Native Plant Gardens: 12.3 mi

Artworks22

Lion Gardner Statue: 6.7 mi
Monty the T-Rex: 10.0 mi
Totem Pole: 10.3 mi
James Madison: 12.4 mi
snake: 14.4 mi

Cliffs8

Candlewood Ledge: 2.7 mi
Pine Ledge: 3.3 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 15.1 mi
Bluff Head: 15.6 mi
Chimney Corner: 18.5 mi

Rest areas5

Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.0 mi
Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.3 mi

Ghost towns2

Johnsonville Village: 8.7 mi
Gay City State Park: 24.4 mi

Picnic sites2

Skate Hut: 14.7 mi
Powder House: 14.7 mi

Lighthouses1

Saybrook Breakwater Light: 8.2 mi

Springs1

Old Spring: 21.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Woodja Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Tater Hill	NNE 19°	179 m	6.3 mi
Bald Hill	N 351°	167 m	6.1 mi
Long Hill	NW 312°	154 m	7.4 mi
Turkey Hill	NW 306°	140 m	7.1 mi
Turkey Hill	WNW 300°	138 m	5.9 mi
Mount Archer	NE 47°	136 m	2.9 mi
Dolbia Hill	NE 34°	134 m	7.4 mi
Grassy Hill	ENE 74°	129 m	6.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:54	18:25	19:02
June solstice	05:17	19:45	20:27
September equinox	06:38	18:12	18:49
December solstice	07:13	15:39	16:24

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	32	32	39	50	57	67	75	74	67	57	47	39

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1211615536

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