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Chapel Hill Open Space

Chapel Hill Open Space from directly overhead

Chapel Hill Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park (Spring Pond), a park 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.80923, -72.59785
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Waterfalls: 56
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Crow Point: 7.1 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 10.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 10.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Chapel Hill Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillENE 65°294 m12.0 mi
Grant HillE 87°284 m10.9 mi
Talcott MountainW 271°276 m10.3 mi
Reed HillENE 76°275 m10.4 mi
MannantuckSE 137°273 m9.5 mi
John Tom HillSE 137°272 m9.5 mi
Box HillE 94°252 m7.4 mi
Ely MoundW 264°246 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436631

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