Nature reserve · Connecticut
Carol Drive Open Space
Carol Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathan Hale State Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
Coordinates41.76144, -72.34116
- 19.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Nathan Hale State Forest: 0.3 mi
- Nathan Hale Homestead: 0.3 mi
- South Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Bear Swamp Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Daly Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- dog memorial: 0.7 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 1.8 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 4.7 mi
- Old root cellar: 6.9 mi
Parks
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Lisicke Beach: 1.7 mi
- Patriots Park: 1.7 mi
- Veteran Green: 1.8 mi
- Andover Veterans Monument Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Bunker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Riley Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Monument Hill: 3.8 mi
- Ball Hill: 4.3 mi
- Utley Hill: 4.5 mi
Museums
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 5.3 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 5.6 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 5.9 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 6.0 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 6.3 mi
Artworks
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 5.4 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 5.5 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 5.5 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.5 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 51
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.5 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 5.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 48
- Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Cascades: 4.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 7.3 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 7.4 mi
- Case Falls: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 48
- Wolf Rock: 6.6 mi
- filled-in well: 7.4 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 7.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 8.6 mi
- Insect Hotel: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Flag Rock: 5.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.7 mi
- Crow Point: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 6
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 21.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 5.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 18.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic: 22.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 7.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Carol Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NNW 344° | 294 m | 8.6 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NNE 25° | 291 m | 9.9 mi |
| Kendall Hill | N 354° | 290 m | 11.1 mi |
| Grant Hill | NNW 328° | 284 m | 4.5 mi |
| Sugar Hill | N 350° | 282 m | 9.3 mi |
| Reed Hill | NNW 332° | 275 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mannantuck | WSW 242° | 273 m | 7.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WSW 242° | 272 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Storrs · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 7 mi
- Tolland · 8 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 13 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
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