Woodlot Sanctuary
Woodlot Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Deans Mill Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.6 miles off.
Mostly upland woods with wetlands on both north and south borders. Interesting rocky glacial features and stone walls. Some well established trail loops. Maps to be created. Off street parking planned.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.0 mi off the Shannock Road
- 17.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.0 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deans Mill Farm Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Perkins Wildlife Corridor: 0.7 mi
- Pequotsepos Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Fennerswood Preserve West Tract: 1.0 mi
- Fennerswood Preserve O'Neill Tract: 1.0 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.1 mi
- Mystic Little League Field: 1.8 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 2.0 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
- River Road Park: 2.3 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 2.1 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 2.1 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 2.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Borough Hall: 2.5 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.1 mi
- Merritt Hill: 3.2 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 1.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.2 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.9 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 2.0 mi
- Children's Museum: 2.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.2 mi
- Williams Beach: 2.4 mi
- DuBois Beach: 2.9 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.9 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 4.3 mi
- Penguin: 1.4 mi
- Mjolnir: 1.7 mi
- Giant Gnome: 1.7 mi
- Mystic Blue: 2.1 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 1.8 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 5.3 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 14.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.9 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 9.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.2 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 5.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 5.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.4 mi
- Crow Head: 21.5 mi
- Clay Head: 21.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.3 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 23.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 10.1 mi
- Powder House: 10.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 13.6 mi
- Old Spring: 4.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Woodlot Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 356° | 163 m | 9.0 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 21° | 158 m | 9.3 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 3° | 155 m | 8.8 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 16° | 149 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 348° | 144 m | 8.1 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 0° | 139 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 9° | 139 m | 7.2 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 1° | 132 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/549213226
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 1 mi
- Mystic · 2 mi
- Watch Hill · 5 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Groton · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
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