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Bone Mill Open Space

Bone Mill Open Space from directly overhead

Bone Mill Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Four Arrows Adventure Course, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.81339, -72.29418
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 1.9 mi
  • Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.1 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 2.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 51
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 2.0 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Cascades: 0.6 mi
  • Cascades: 0.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 39
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 17.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 7.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Bone Mill Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNW 315°294 m6.6 mi
Whifford HillNNE 19°291 m5.7 mi
Kendall HillNNW 335°290 m8.2 mi
Westford HillNE 37°290 m8.6 mi
Grant HillW 273°284 m4.8 mi
Sugar HillNW 325°282 m6.9 mi
Reed HillWNW 292°275 m6.0 mi
Parker MountainNNE 18°275 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/972749870

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