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Chelsea Ridge Open Space

Chelsea Ridge Open Space from directly overhead

Chelsea Ridge Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Vernon Town Property, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chelsea Ridge Homeowners Association
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.82732, -72.46996
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • First Congregational Church of Vernon Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 1.6 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.9 mi
  • American Legion Field: 2.0 mi
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 2.2 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 58
  • filled-in well: 1.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 9.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 54
  • sensory garden: 4.0 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 52
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Chelsea Ridge Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 15°322 m11.8 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 18°315 m9.6 mi
Paulk HillNE 49°294 m5.7 mi
Whifford HillENE 68°291 m11.7 mi
Kendall HillNE 41°290 m8.5 mi
Grant HillE 99°284 m4.3 mi
Sugar HillNE 48°282 m6.9 mi
Reed HillENE 70°275 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/530878451

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