Alden Circle Open Space
Alden Circle Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Post Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Tolland
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Post Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Robin Circle Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Paulk Hill Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Valley View Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Paulk Hill: 0.8 mi
- Reed Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.0 mi
- Fox Hill: 2.7 mi
- Grant Hill: 3.7 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 1.2 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 1.2 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 2.9 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 6.5 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 1.2 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.7 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 8.3 mi
- North Cemetery: 2.0 mi
- Crystal Springs: 2.0 mi
- Henry Park: 2.8 mi
- Central Park: 2.9 mi
- Talcott Park: 2.9 mi
- Sorry Rock: 6.9 mi
- The Walking Wall: 8.3 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 8.3 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 8.3 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 8.3 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 1.2 mi
- sensory garden: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.2 mi
- filled-in well: 3.9 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 11.1 mi
- The Dreamyard: 11.7 mi
- Wolf Rock: 12.0 mi
- Goat Rock: 13.3 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 2.7 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 5.9 mi
- Cascades: 6.9 mi
- Cascades: 6.9 mi
- Cascade: 7.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Crow Point: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 21.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
- Picnic: 18.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 19.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Alden Circle Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | ENE 58° | 362 m | 11.0 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NE 48° | 354 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 12° | 332 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sky Hill | ENE 61° | 331 m | 11.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 356° | 323 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 353° | 322 m | 8.4 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | N 350° | 315 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 358° | 303 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438669
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