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Carriage Drive Open Space

Carriage Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Carriage Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Field Reserve Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69428, -72.58385

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rotary Field: 0.3 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 0.6 mi
  • Woodbridge Park: 0.9 mi
  • Clark Field: 1.2 mi
  • Hubbard Green Park: 1.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 2.1 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Carr Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 3.0 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 3.8 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 2.0 mi
  • Flag Rock: 9.6 mi
  • South Wall: 12.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Carriage Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 80°273 m5.8 mi
John Tom HillE 80°272 m5.8 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 154°265 m4.9 mi
Box HillNE 42°252 m10.0 mi
Clark HillSSE 156°241 m7.5 mi
Lookout MountainNE 50°237 m6.6 mi
Kongscut MountainE 89°234 m4.2 mi
Birch MountainNE 54°233 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/947591135

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