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Carpenter Road Open Space

Carpenter Road Open Space from directly overhead

Carpenter Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Broadway Meadow Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Coventry

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81030, -72.36131

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laidlaw Park: 1.1 mi
  • Lisicke Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.5 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.1 mi
  • dog memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 55
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 5.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 47
  • filled-in well: 4.8 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.3 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 10.5 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 20.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 10.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Carpenter Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNNW 346°315 m10.6 mi
Paulk HillNNW 345°294 m5.0 mi
Whifford HillNE 43°291 m7.7 mi
Kendall HillN 360°290 m7.6 mi
Westford HillNE 50°290 m11.1 mi
Grant HillWNW 289°284 m1.4 mi
Sugar HillN 355°282 m5.8 mi
Reed HillNW 319°275 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082212

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