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Bryan Drive Parklet

Bryan Drive Parklet from directly overhead

Bryan Drive Parklet is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is High Farms Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Parklet (End Of Bryan Drive)

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Coordinates41.81729, -72.51365
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Parker Village Play Area: 0.8 mi
  • Northwest Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hop River State Park Trail Head: 1.2 mi
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Scott Drive Parklet: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 60
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Major John Mason Statue: 6.9 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 7.9 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • William H. Putnam: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 58
  • filled-in well: 3.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 4.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.6 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.9 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.0 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Crow Point: 9.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Bryan Drive Parklet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNNE 28°315 m11.1 mi
Paulk HillNE 56°294 m7.9 mi
Kendall HillNE 47°290 m10.6 mi
Grant HillE 90°284 m6.5 mi
Sugar HillNE 54°282 m9.0 mi
Reed HillENE 71°275 m6.1 mi
Chestnut MountainNNE 30°275 m13.0 mi
MannantuckSSE 164°273 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438065

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