Davis Road Open Space
Davis Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Fellen Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.
Town Open Space (Davis Road); Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fellen Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Monticello Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Birchwood Heights Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Albert E. Moss Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Penner Property: 0.6 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 0.6 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 1.4 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 1.7 mi
- Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
- Pine Lake Community Club: 2.4 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 1.4 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 1.5 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 1.8 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 1.8 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 1.1 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 1.7 mi
- Old root cellar: 1.8 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.7 mi
- dog memorial: 5.5 mi
- Ball Hill: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.3 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.3 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 3.3 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 1.4 mi
- U’s and C’s: 1.4 mi
- Copper Tower: 1.4 mi
- The Fallen: 1.6 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 1.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 2.8 mi
- Cascades: 2.9 mi
- Cascades: 2.9 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 5.6 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 11.0 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 1.9 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 1.9 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 1.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 2.2 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 7.6 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 10.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 19.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 19.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.8 mi
- Crow Point: 20.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 4.5 mi
- Picnic: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Davis Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NW 311° | 294 m | 10.1 mi |
| Whifford Hill | N 352° | 291 m | 7.4 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 14° | 290 m | 9.1 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 286° | 284 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NW 318° | 282 m | 10.2 mi |
| Parker Mountain | N 356° | 275 m | 8.7 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 296° | 275 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | NNE 11° | 268 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43441069
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 2 mi
- Willimantic · 5 mi
- Tolland · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 12 mi
- Union · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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