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Carriage Way Open Space

Carriage Way Open Space from directly overhead

Carriage Way Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lancaster Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.88046, -72.62907

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lancaster Park: 0.8 mi
  • John Fitch Playground: 2.2 mi
  • Juniper Park: 2.2 mi
  • Phelps Meadow Open Space (Section 1) 2 Parcels: 2.4 mi
  • Belaire Park: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Day Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Cook Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Birges Hill: 3.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 59
  • The Dreamyard: 4.6 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.7 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.7 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.7 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Hart Meadow: 11.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 11.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 11.1 mi
  • Flag Rock: 11.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.7 mi
  • Rd: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Carriage Way Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWSW 242°276 m9.9 mi
Reed HillESE 102°275 m11.9 mi
Box HillESE 121°252 m10.5 mi
Ely MoundSW 236°246 m10.8 mi
Lookout MountainSE 139°237 m11.4 mi
Birch MountainSE 140°233 m11.8 mi
Whites HillSE 130°231 m11.7 mi
Case MountainSE 138°215 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440941

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