Boylan Open Space
Boylan Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Butler Drive Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Angus Park: 0.2 mi
- Needletree Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Eastbury School Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Brook Street Bog: 0.4 mi
- Butler Field: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Field: 2.7 mi
- Orchard Hill Club: 2.9 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 3.0 mi
- Matson Hill Open Space: 3.5 mi
- Hay Tedder: 0.4 mi
- Car Wreck: 1.5 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.9 mi
- Insect Hotel: 4.0 mi
- Constitution Oak: 6.5 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 1.3 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mannantuck: 3.0 mi
- John Tom Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cascade: 2.8 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 3.6 mi
- Cascades: 3.6 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 4.9 mi
- Case Falls: 4.9 mi
- Frog: 3.2 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.4 mi
- Sorry Rock: 7.3 mi
- Equality: 8.0 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 8.3 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 3.5 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 5.3 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 5.5 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 5.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Museum on the Green: 4.0 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 4.2 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Fire Museum: 4.7 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 6.5 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 6.5 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 6.5 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.5 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.5 mi
- Crow Point: 4.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.7 mi
- South Wall: 14.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 14.8 mi
- Superstructure: 14.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 16.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 20.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 21.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Boylan Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ENE 74° | 273 m | 3.0 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 74° | 272 m | 3.0 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 189° | 265 m | 4.7 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 28° | 252 m | 8.3 mi |
| Clark Hill | S 179° | 241 m | 7.0 mi |
| Post Hill | E 100° | 239 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNE 29° | 237 m | 4.6 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 93° | 234 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/949278820
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 13 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Storrs · 16 mi
- Willimantic · 16 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
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