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Buff Cap Road Open Space

Buff Cap Road Open Space from directly overhead

Buff Cap Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Neff Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.92758, -72.34896

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 1.7 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Haymarket Square: 2.9 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 2.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.4 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.8 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 10.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 56
  • filled-in well: 8.3 mi
  • Goat Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 11.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.7 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 8.7 mi
  • Cascades: 8.7 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Rd: 24.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 15.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Buff Cap Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 49°396 m9.5 mi
Bald HillENE 68°371 m8.4 mi
Stickney HillENE 62°371 m9.6 mi
Snow HillENE 75°362 m7.4 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 74°361 m8.8 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 60°354 m6.9 mi
Tupper HillNNE 29°352 m8.2 mi
Bear HillNNE 30°347 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366501

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