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Autumn Lane Open Space

Autumn Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Autumn Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Noah Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.84905, -72.36816

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Laidlaw Park: 2.6 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 1.2 mi
  • sensory garden: 4.3 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 46
  • filled-in well: 4.3 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 10.7 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 12.5 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascades: 5.1 mi
  • Cascades: 5.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.4 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
  • Picnic: 18.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Autumn Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillNE 48°362 m10.9 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 38°354 m11.2 mi
Chestnut HillN 3°332 m10.6 mi
Sky HillNE 52°331 m11.4 mi
Bald MountainNNW 347°322 m10.1 mi
Soapstone MountainNNW 343°315 m7.9 mi
Paulk HillNNW 337°294 m2.4 mi
Crow HillN 7°292 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389900335

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