Cricket Knoll Open Space
Cricket Knoll Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Common, a park 0.2 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Wethersfield
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Common: 0.2 mi
- Maxwell Park: 0.6 mi
- Harvey Fuller Grounds: 1.2 mi
- Churchill Green: 1.3 mi
- Wolcott Green: 1.4 mi
- Goff Brook Open Space: 0.3 mi
- 1860 Reservoir Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Pyquaug Village Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Meadows Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Wildwood Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 1.1 mi
- Vexation Hill: 1.3 mi
- Harriss Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 1.5 mi
- Home: 5.0 mi
- Pulaski: 5.7 mi
- Equality: 5.7 mi
- Stegosaurus: 5.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 2.7 mi
- Warner Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Butler Grist Mill: 3.4 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 2.6 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 2.6 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 2.7 mi
- Kellog Eddy House & Museum: 2.8 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 2.8 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 2.5 mi
- Dividend Falls: 3.5 mi
- Cascades: 5.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.9 mi
- Westfield Falls: 7.0 mi
- Constitution Oak: 2.8 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 6.1 mi
- Mark Twain House: 6.1 mi
- Keney Tower: 6.5 mi
- Hospital Rock: 7.3 mi
- Crow Point: 4.0 mi
- Green Wall: 7.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 7.7 mi
- South Wall: 8.4 mi
- Solar Panel: 8.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 16.3 mi
- Boating Side: 18.5 mi
- Waterfront: 18.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.4 mi
- Big Spring: 25.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Cricket Knoll Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SSW 198° | 272 m | 9.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 115° | 265 m | 8.2 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 83° | 234 m | 9.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | W 281° | 229 m | 7.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ESE 123° | 228 m | 8.7 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 135° | 222 m | 9.6 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 239° | 217 m | 8.2 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | ENE 71° | 215 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440581
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 20 mi
- Tolland · 21 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
- Willimantic · 24 mi
- Somers · 25 mi
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