Nature reserve · Connecticut
Boulder Drive Open Space
Boulder Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Vexation Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Rocky Hill
How to reach it
Coordinates41.66427, -72.70495
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Vexation Hill: 0.1 mi
- Wolf Pit Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Harriss Hill: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Candlewyck Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Candlewyck Park: 0.4 mi
- Countryside Drive Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Little Brook Park: 0.7 mi
- 1860 Reservoir Open Space: 1.1 mi
Parks
- Candlewyck Park: 0.3 mi
- Maxwell Park: 1.0 mi
- Churchill Park: 1.2 mi
- Old Common: 1.3 mi
- Mill Brook Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Butler Grist Mill: 3.5 mi
- Butler Saw Mill: 3.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls
- Mill Pond Falls: 2.5 mi
- Dividend Falls: 3.9 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cascades: 6.3 mi
Museums
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 2.6 mi
- Kellog Eddy House & Museum: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 3.4 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 3.4 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- Constitution Oak: 4.2 mi
- Hospital Rock: 6.5 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 7.0 mi
- Mark Twain House: 7.1 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 58
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 45
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 0.8 mi
- Home: 4.0 mi
- Pulaski: 6.9 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 6.9 mi
- Equality: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Crow Point: 5.4 mi
- Green Wall: 7.1 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 7.1 mi
- South Wall: 8.6 mi
- Solar Panel: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 7
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 14.9 mi
- Boating Side: 17.4 mi
- Waterfront: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 14.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.2 mi
Springs: 2
- Hermit spring: 22.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Boulder Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SSW 193° | 272 m | 8.0 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 106° | 265 m | 8.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 291° | 229 m | 6.9 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ESE 114° | 228 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 242° | 217 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | W 266° | 207 m | 6.9 mi |
| Camels Hump | SSW 193° | 207 m | 8.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | ESE 102° | 206 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1017702875
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 20 mi
- Tolland · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 25 mi
- Somers · 26 mi
- Storrs · 26 mi
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