Balazs Road Open Space
Balazs Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinkerville Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Willington
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 17.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tinkerville Brook Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Fermier Road Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Mihaliak Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Turnpike Road Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Bob White Farm: 1.9 mi
- Sharpe Hill: 1.6 mi
- Snow Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sky Hill: 1.9 mi
- Westford Hill: 1.9 mi
- Parker Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Morey Pond Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 3.7 mi
- River Road Park: 4.0 mi
- Haymarket Square: 4.5 mi
- Staffordville Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.1 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 5.0 mi
- Old root cellar: 8.6 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 3.7 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 4.5 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 8.6 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 8.6 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 4.8 mi
- Frog Rock: 9.8 mi
- Path Continues: 11.2 mi
- Path Continues: 11.3 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 11.4 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 8.7 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 8.7 mi
- The Arc: 8.7 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 8.7 mi
- Harvest Joy: 8.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 8.6 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.6 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.7 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 8.8 mi
- Cascade: 7.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 7.5 mi
- Cascades: 8.9 mi
- Cascades: 9.0 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 11.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 4.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 7.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 11.7 mi
- Streeter Beach: 13.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 9.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 15.2 mi
- Indian Leap: 20.8 mi
- Picnic: 9.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 11.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Balazs Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | N 7° | 396 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 24° | 371 m | 3.1 mi |
| Stickney Hill | NNE 25° | 371 m | 4.6 mi |
| Snow Hill | NNE 22° | 362 m | 1.6 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | NE 43° | 361 m | 2.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | N 350° | 354 m | 3.1 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NNW 339° | 352 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 342° | 347 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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