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Cheney Drive Open Space

Cheney Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Cheney Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.80495, -72.26120
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 0.9 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 1.7 mi
  • Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
  • Spring Hill Fields: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks: 59
Gardens: 41
  • Horticulture Garden: 0.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cascades: 1.2 mi
  • Cascades: 1.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 36
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 17.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Cheney Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNW 309°294 m8.3 mi
Whifford HillN 1°291 m6.0 mi
Westford HillNNE 25°290 m8.2 mi
Kendall HillNNW 327°290 m9.5 mi
Grant HillW 277°284 m6.5 mi
Sugar HillNW 317°282 m8.4 mi
Parker MountainN 4°275 m7.3 mi
Reed HillWNW 291°275 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436074

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