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1860 Reservoir Open Space

1860 Reservoir Open Space from directly overhead

1860 Reservoir Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cricket Knoll Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wethersfield

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67905, -72.69508

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Common: 0.5 mi
  • Maxwell Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mill Brook Park: 1.2 mi
  • Candlewyck Park: 1.3 mi
  • Robbins Green: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 1.1 mi
  • Home: 4.6 mi
  • Pulaski: 5.8 mi
  • Equality: 5.8 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Graffiti Arches: 3.2 mi
  • Warner Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Cascades: 5.8 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.5 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 6.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 22.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of 1860 Reservoir Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainSSW 195°272 m9.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 113°265 m8.6 mi
Ely MoundNW 325°246 m9.6 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 282°229 m7.1 mi
Raccoon HillESE 122°228 m9.0 mi
Ragged MountainWSW 237°217 m7.8 mi
Minnechaug MountainENE 72°215 m9.8 mi
Bradley MountainWSW 259°207 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1009186752

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