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Balawender Drive Open Space

Balawender Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Balawender Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lucas Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Norwich
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.52758, -72.10330
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Estelle Cohn Memorial Dog Park: 0.7 mi
  • Upper Dam Heritage Park: 0.8 mi
  • Uncas Leap Heritage Park: 0.8 mi
  • Elizabeth Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Royal Mohegan Burial Ground: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches: 48
Artworks: 38
Waterfalls: 38
Attractions: 33
  • The Dark Manor Haunted House: 5.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 7.6 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 7.7 mi
  • turtle rock: 11.1 mi
  • The Whale: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 26
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 3.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Windham Spring: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Balawender Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillSW 231°182 m6.6 mi
Forsyth HillWSW 242°171 m7.1 mi
Raymond HillWSW 239°170 m4.5 mi
Scott HillWNW 283°165 m5.8 mi
Dolbeare HillSW 223°162 m5.8 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 338°160 m5.6 mi
Mason HillNNW 326°158 m6.8 mi
Wawecus HillWNW 291°153 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4520:27
September equinox06:3618:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1052519368

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