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Cavanaugh Open Space

Cavanaugh Open Space from directly overhead

Cavanaugh Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ricciardi Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.64879, -72.52660

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions: 60
  • Car Wreck: 2.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 3.7 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 3.8 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 2.9 mi
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 3.0 mi
  • Grange Pool: 3.2 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 3.1 mi
  • The Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade: 3.6 mi
  • Carr Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.0 mi
Gardens: 55
Cliffs: 19
Rest areas: 6
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Cavanaugh Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckNE 34°273 m5.0 mi
John Tom HillNE 34°272 m5.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 212°265 m1.5 mi
Clark HillS 179°241 m3.7 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 16°237 m7.6 mi
Kongscut MountainNNE 21°234 m3.5 mi
Birch MountainNNE 18°233 m7.3 mi
Whites HillNNE 23°231 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278766

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