Cedar Road Open Space
Cedar Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the south, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxoboxo Cross Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Montville
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oxoboxo Cross Road Open Space: 0.1 mi
- Norwich-Salem Turnpike Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Church Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Minnie Island State Park: 1.2 mi
- Quaker Hill Road and Gun Club: 1.3 mi
- Pequot Ledge: 0.8 mi
- Raymond Hill: 1.4 mi
- Forsyth Hill: 1.4 mi
- Chapel Hill: 1.8 mi
- Dolbeare Hill: 2.3 mi
- Gardner Lake State Park: 1.1 mi
- Horse Pond Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Montville American Little League Complex: 4.3 mi
- Bozrah Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Fernwood Playground: 5.4 mi
- Salem Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- The Genius Museum at Nature's Art Village: 4.5 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 5.6 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 5.6 mi
- Blue Slope Country Museum: 6.7 mi
- Transient Workmans Camp: 5.0 mi
- Transient Workman's Camp Buildings: 5.0 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 6.7 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 6.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 9.9 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 11.8 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 12.0 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 12.1 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 12.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 5.7 mi
- Yantic Falls: 6.6 mi
- Chapman Falls: 7.1 mi
- Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 4.4 mi
- River Blue: 6.0 mi
- Sparky: 6.0 mi
- Muffler Man: 6.1 mi
- Nevertheless: 7.0 mi
- turtle rock: 5.6 mi
- tri-town marker: 6.6 mi
- Devil's Oven: 7.0 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 9.2 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 9.3 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.3 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.4 mi
- Laurel Walk: 9.4 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 9.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 20.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 17.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 22.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 22.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 4.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.3 mi
- Skate Hut: 10.7 mi
- Powder House: 11.0 mi
- Old Spring: 12.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Cedar Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | S 176° | 182 m | 1.8 mi |
| Long Hill | W 281° | 175 m | 6.9 mi |
| Maynard Hill | SW 221° | 174 m | 2.9 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | SW 222° | 171 m | 1.4 mi |
| Cockle Hill | WNW 287° | 171 m | 3.9 mi |
| Raymond Hill | E 92° | 170 m | 1.4 mi |
| Scott Hill | N 353° | 165 m | 3.7 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | SSE 146° | 162 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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