Aurora Estates Open Space
Aurora Estates Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Sprague Hill stands 257 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaya Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 5.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.2 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Kaya Lane Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Elizabeth Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Natchaug River Water Access: 1.5 mi
- Pond Lot: 1.6 mi
- Echo Lake: 1.7 mi
- Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 0.8 mi
- Southeast Park: 1.6 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 2.5 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 2.9 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 3.6 mi
- Tower Hill: 1.9 mi
- Beaver Hill: 2.0 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.7 mi
- Clark Hill: 3.0 mi
- Parish Hill: 3.3 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 3.0 mi
- Old root cellar: 4.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 7.5 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 4.8 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 4.8 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 1.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 5.0 mi
- Cascades: 6.9 mi
- Cascades: 6.9 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 8.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.8 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 4.9 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 5.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 7.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 8.8 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 4.8 mi
- Manny: 4.9 mi
- Willy: 4.9 mi
- U’s and C’s: 4.9 mi
- Copper Tower: 5.0 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 3.8 mi
- Mary's Garden: 4.7 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 5.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.6 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.6 mi
- Coney Rock: 2.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 14.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 23.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.2 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 10.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 25.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 3.8 mi
- Picnic: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Aurora Estates Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprague Hill | NE 35° | 257 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NE 39° | 252 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | NE 35° | 248 m | 9.6 mi |
| Wenberg Hill | NNW 338° | 245 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NNE 21° | 241 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sunset Hill | ENE 69° | 240 m | 4.5 mi |
| Summer Hill | NNE 12° | 236 m | 9.2 mi |
| Clark Hill | E 84° | 235 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/973204163
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 5 mi
- Willimantic · 5 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 9 mi
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Union · 15 mi
- Woodstock · 15 mi
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