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Boston Hill Road Open Space

Boston Hill Road Open Space from directly overhead

Boston Hill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Andover
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72999, -72.40613
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 2.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 3.5 mi
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 4.2 mi
  • Columbia Recreation Park: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 56
  • Insect Hotel: 5.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Car Wreck: 6.0 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 3.4 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 6.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Blackledge Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Boston Hill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillN 6°294 m10.5 mi
Grant HillN 9°284 m6.1 mi
Reed HillN 1°275 m8.0 mi
MannantuckWSW 247°273 m3.7 mi
John Tom HillWSW 247°272 m3.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainSW 226°265 m9.9 mi
Box HillNNW 334°252 m5.6 mi
Post HillSE 139°239 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082191

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