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Wyassup Road Open Space

Wyassup Road Open Space from directly overhead

Wyassup Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the west-northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Stewart Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.7 miles off.

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What to expect

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Town of North Stonington
Getting there

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Coordinates41.47766, -71.88506
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Cellar Hole: 3.3 mi
  • Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 6.1 mi
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 6.3 mi
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 6.3 mi
  • Babcock-Smith House Museum: 8.1 mi
Museums: 57
Beaches: 41
Artworks: 27
  • Stone Turtle: 4.6 mi
  • Penguin: 8.0 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 8.1 mi
  • Mjolnir: 8.1 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 18
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.1 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 13.6 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 13.8 mi
  • Skate Hut: 14.8 mi
  • Powder House: 15.0 mi
  • Big Beach: 20.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Old Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Factory Pond: 16.0 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Wyassup Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainWNW 296°163 m3.0 mi
Chapman HillNE 48°158 m1.7 mi
Stone HillN 358°157 m9.6 mi
Barns HillNW 305°155 m2.0 mi
Pendleton HillNE 50°153 m2.7 mi
Bay MountainNNW 341°152 m4.7 mi
Stewart HillE 92°149 m0.1 mi
Ayer HillW 275°144 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:25
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025033395

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