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Broad Brook Road Open Space

Broad Brook Road Open Space from directly overhead

Broad Brook Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kerment, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Connecticut Water Company
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.92112, -72.50429

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 4.3 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Side Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Back Garden: 9.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Sorry Rock: 8.7 mi
  • The Three Graces: 11.4 mi
  • Cow: 12.0 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 12.5 mi
  • Frog: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 50
  • filled-in well: 6.7 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 9.0 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 9.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 9.9 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 20.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Broad Brook Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 54°332 m9.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 33°323 m9.2 mi
Bald MountainNE 45°322 m6.8 mi
Pine MountainNNE 32°319 m9.9 mi
Soapstone MountainENE 61°315 m5.4 mi
Bald MountainNNE 33°303 m9.6 mi
Perkins MountainNE 34°298 m8.6 mi
Paulk HillESE 115°294 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366532

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