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Bridge Street Open Space

Bridge Street Open Space from directly overhead

Bridge Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington

How to reach it

Coordinates41.92400, -72.46335

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 3.2 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 11.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 53
  • filled-in well: 6.3 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 10.5 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.2 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Rd: 21.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Bridge Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 46°332 m7.7 mi
Moon MountainNNE 27°330 m11.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 21°323 m8.1 mi
Bald MountainNNE 30°322 m5.4 mi
Pine MountainNNE 20°319 m8.8 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 47°315 m3.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 22°303 m8.4 mi
Perkins MountainNNE 22°298 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366535

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