Nature reserve · Connecticut

Cedar Swamp Road Open Space

Cedar Swamp Road Open Space from directly overhead

Cedar Swamp Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch, a park 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

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Operated by: Town of Coventry

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Coordinates41.82320, -72.41124

23.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
27.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
Indian Notch Park: 1.7 mi
Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 1.9 mi
Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.0 mi

Nature reserves

Peaks

Grant Hill: 1.3 mi
Reed Hill: 1.6 mi
Box Hill: 2.6 mi
Fox Hill: 3.2 mi
Cassidy Hill: 4.0 mi

Museums

Vernon Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
New England Civil War Museum: 3.6 mi
Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 4.0 mi
Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 4.0 mi
Cheney Homestead Museum: 7.2 mi

Historic sites

Ronald E. Blake: 3.3 mi
Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.1 mi
dog memorial: 6.2 mi
Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.6 mi
Construction Workers Memorial: 7.5 mi

Artworks

Sorry Rock: 4.1 mi
Mobius Solaris: 8.1 mi
The Walking Wall: 8.2 mi
Jonathan the Husky Statue: 8.2 mi
Slip Edge Bis: 8.2 mi

Attractions56

filled-in well: 2.0 mi
Nike Missile Site: 7.9 mi
The Dreamyard: 10.1 mi
Hay Tedder: 10.2 mi
Car Wreck: 10.7 mi

Gardens54

Tolland Youth Garden: 3.7 mi
sensory garden: 4.2 mi
Mansfield Community Garden: 7.5 mi
Mansfield Community Garden: 7.7 mi
Horticulture Garden: 8.1 mi

Waterfalls43

Hockanum Falls: 3.5 mi
Talcott Ravine: 4.0 mi
Case Falls: 5.9 mi
Wyllys Falls: 5.9 mi
Center Springs Falls: 6.5 mi

Cliffs14

Flag Rock: 3.0 mi
Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.4 mi
Coney Rock: 11.0 mi
Wolf Rock Cliff: 11.1 mi
Crow Point: 13.3 mi

Beaches8

Halls Pond Beach: 6.2 mi
Sandy Beach: 7.8 mi
Staffordville Beach: 14.3 mi
Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.7 mi
Babbs Beach: 22.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Picnic sites3

Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
Picnic: 21.6 mi
Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi

Rest areas2

West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.6 mi
West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.6 mi

Springs1

Windham Spring: 12.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Bald Mountain	N 0°	322 m	11.6 mi
Soapstone Mountain	N 359°	315 m	9.4 mi
Paulk Hill	NNE 18°	294 m	4.2 mi
Whifford Hill	ENE 59°	291 m	9.1 mi
Kendall Hill	NNE 20°	290 m	7.2 mi
Grant Hill	ESE 109°	284 m	1.3 mi
Sugar Hill	NNE 23°	282 m	5.3 mi
Reed Hill	NNE 17°	275 m	1.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:54	18:25	19:02
June solstice	05:16	19:47	20:29
September equinox	06:38	18:12	18:49
December solstice	07:15	15:38	16:22

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	27	29	36	48	58	66	72	70	63	52	42	33
Precip in	3.6	3.0	4.4	4.2	3.7	4.5	4.0	4.3	4.5	4.6	3.9	4.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082327

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