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Addison Falls Open Space

Addison Falls Open Space from directly overhead

Addison Falls Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tara Hills Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71784, -72.57806

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Addison Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rotary Field: 1.4 mi
  • Welles Park: 1.6 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 1.6 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 2.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.6 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 3.9 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.4 mi
  • Keney Tower: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 3.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 2.2 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.4 mi
  • South Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Addison Falls Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 97°273 m5.5 mi
John Tom HillE 96°272 m5.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 163°265 m6.3 mi
Box HillNE 47°252 m8.7 mi
Clark HillSSE 162°241 m8.9 mi
Lookout MountainENE 62°237 m5.4 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 111°234 m4.2 mi
Birch MountainENE 66°233 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/948007040

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