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Bear Swamp Road Open Space

Bear Swamp Road Open Space from directly overhead

Bear Swamp Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is dog memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space (Bear Swamp Road)

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Andover
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74990, -72.34253
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • dog memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.1 mi
  • Old root cellar: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 1.5 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
  • Patriots Park: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran Green: 2.2 mi
  • Lisicke Beach: 2.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 49
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.3 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Wolf Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 7.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.9 mi
  • filled-in well: 7.9 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • Cascades: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.3 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 22.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 7.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Bear Swamp Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNW 346°294 m9.3 mi
Whifford HillNNE 24°291 m10.7 mi
Grant HillNNW 334°284 m5.2 mi
Sugar HillN 352°282 m10.1 mi
Reed HillNNW 335°275 m7.3 mi
MannantuckWSW 247°273 m7.3 mi
John Tom HillWSW 247°272 m7.3 mi
Box HillWNW 302°252 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3816:22

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440588

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