Cardinal Drive Open Space
Cardinal Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayberry Hill Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bayberry Hill Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Clove Hill Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Shagbark Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Bellridge Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Rolling Woods Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Frog: 0.9 mi
- Sorry Rock: 5.8 mi
- Equality: 6.2 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 6.5 mi
- A Welcome Conversation: 6.7 mi
- Bush Hill: 1.1 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Round Hill: 2.0 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Nebo: 2.8 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.8 mi
- Addison Park: 1.9 mi
- Butler Field: 2.7 mi
- Wilfred Road Park: 2.7 mi
- Mount Nebo Park: 2.7 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 1.8 mi
- Hay Tedder: 2.0 mi
- Car Wreck: 3.7 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.6 mi
- Insect Hotel: 6.0 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 2.3 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 2.7 mi
- The Fire Museum: 2.7 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 2.7 mi
- Museum on the Green: 3.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 3.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 3.7 mi
- Case Falls: 3.7 mi
- Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Cascades: 4.8 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 4.8 mi
- Warner Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 6.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.3 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 6.4 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 4.2 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.2 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.2 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.4 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 5.6 mi
- Crow Point: 4.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.6 mi
- South Wall: 13.4 mi
- Solar Panel: 13.4 mi
- Superstructure: 13.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.6 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 20.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Cardinal Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NE 53° | 284 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 109° | 273 m | 4.0 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 109° | 272 m | 4.0 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 179° | 265 m | 6.8 mi |
| Box Hill | NE 42° | 252 m | 7.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | S 174° | 241 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 59° | 237 m | 3.6 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | SE 135° | 234 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/949278826
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
- Storrs · 16 mi
- Willimantic · 17 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
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