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Carver Lane Open Space

Carver Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Carver Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Coventry
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.78597, -72.32081
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lisicke Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Patriots Park: 1.5 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
  • Veteran Green: 1.6 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 1.5 mi
  • dog memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.2 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Old root cellar: 5.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 51
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.7 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Cascades: 2.6 mi
  • Cascades: 2.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Wolf Rock: 5.9 mi
  • filled-in well: 7.3 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 7.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 10.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 20.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 7.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Carver Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNW 333°294 m7.4 mi
Whifford HillNNE 24°291 m8.0 mi
Kendall HillNNW 347°290 m9.6 mi
Grant HillWNW 302°284 m4.0 mi
Sugar HillNNW 341°282 m7.9 mi
Reed HillNW 314°275 m5.9 mi
Parker MountainNNE 22°275 m9.3 mi
MannantuckSW 236°273 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349087012

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