Ames Family Open Space
Ames Family Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Boggy Hole Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Old Lyme
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 24.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boggy Hole Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Jericho Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Champlain North Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Champlain South Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Lay-Allen Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Florence Griswold Museum: 1.3 mi
- Lyme Art Association: 1.3 mi
- Old Lyme Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Nut Museum: 1.9 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 4.6 mi
- Johnnycake Hill: 1.4 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 1.7 mi
- Quarry Hill: 2.1 mi
- Amon Hill: 2.2 mi
- Myer Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hains Park: 1.6 mi
- Old Lyme Green: 1.7 mi
- Lieutenant River Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
- Ferry Landing State Park: 2.5 mi
- Rogers Lake Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 3.1 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 4.9 mi
- East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 6.3 mi
- Miami Beach: 3.1 mi
- White Sand Beach: 3.2 mi
- Soundview Beach: 3.2 mi
- Poverty Island Beach: 3.4 mi
- Rocky Neck State Beach: 3.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascade: 10.1 mi
- Cascade: 10.1 mi
- Cascade: 10.6 mi
- Cascade: 10.8 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 7.2 mi
- tri-town marker: 7.6 mi
- turtle rock: 7.9 mi
- Stone Table: 8.5 mi
- Historic Ferry: 9.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
- West Garden: 9.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 9.9 mi
- Cutting Garden: 10.0 mi
- East Garden: 10.0 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 3.9 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 8.4 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 10.5 mi
- Sparky: 12.5 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 14.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 5.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.3 mi
- Ram Head: 17.3 mi
- Crow Head: 17.7 mi
- Hedges Bank: 20.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 4.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 23.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 23.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 23.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.5 mi
- Powder House: 9.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 9.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.2 mi
- Old Spring: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Ames Family Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Archer | NNW 331° | 136 m | 6.1 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NNE 13° | 129 m | 5.3 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | NNW 346° | 123 m | 5.1 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NE 43° | 120 m | 8.1 mi |
| Polly Hill | NE 45° | 117 m | 7.7 mi |
| Honey Hill | NW 326° | 114 m | 5.7 mi |
| Brown Hill | NNW 348° | 112 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pond Hill | NE 48° | 103 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1083235676
Day trips start here
- Old Lyme · 1 mi
- East Lyme · 4 mi
- Essex · 5 mi
- Old Saybrook · 5 mi
- Waterford · 8 mi
- New London · 11 mi
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