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Chestnut Hill Road Open Space

Chestnut Hill Road Open Space from directly overhead

Chestnut Hill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sun Valley Beach Club, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Stafford

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97302, -72.36849

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 2.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Olympic Park: 2.9 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 2.9 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 3.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 6.2 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 7.8 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 9.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 10.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 7.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 7.4 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Goat Rock: 6.9 mi
  • filled-in well: 10.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.7 mi
  • SSG 102: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cascade: 0.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Cascades: 12.0 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 12.0 mi
  • Cascades: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Rd: 21.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
  • Picnic: 15.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Chestnut Hill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 70°396 m8.8 mi
Mount PisgahNE 43°379 m9.8 mi
Bald HillE 90°371 m8.8 mi
Stickney HillE 82°371 m9.6 mi
Snow HillE 99°362 m8.2 mi
Lead Mine HillE 95°361 m9.5 mi
Mount HitchcockNE 36°356 m9.6 mi
Hedgehog HillE 88°354 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344559745

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