Nature reserve · Connecticut
Dayton Road Open Space
Dayton Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Scoville Tract, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
Coordinates41.64832, -72.59827
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Scoville Tract: 0.2 mi
- Reardon Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Richard and Barbara Booth Woods Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Chamberlain Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Robert Easement: 0.7 mi
Parks
- Taylor Family Circle: 0.4 mi
- Grange Pool: 1.3 mi
- Matson Hill Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Ferry Landing Park: 1.8 mi
- Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 0.4 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 0.7 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 1.4 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1677: 1.7 mi
- Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Belltown Hill: 1.2 mi
- Clark Hill: 1.9 mi
- Red Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.7 mi
- Jouncer Hill: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls
- Cascades: 1.3 mi
- Dividend Falls: 1.8 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- The Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
Museums
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 1.4 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 2.5 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 3.0 mi
- Museum on the Green: 3.6 mi
Artworks
- Face in Tree: 3.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 6.2 mi
- Frog: 6.5 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.9 mi
- First Tear: 7.2 mi
Attractions
- State Forest Quarry #1: 4.7 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.8 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.2 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.3 mi
- Car Wreck: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 56
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 5.2 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 5.2 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Crow Point: 4.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.5 mi
- Green Wall: 12.6 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.7 mi
- South Wall: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 8
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 19.5 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 21.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 9.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Dayton Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ENE 57° | 273 m | 7.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 57° | 272 m | 7.7 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 114° | 265 m | 3.1 mi |
| Clark Hill | SE 135° | 241 m | 5.2 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ENE 57° | 234 m | 5.9 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NE 41° | 233 m | 9.2 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 134° | 228 m | 3.8 mi |
| Great Hill | SSE 155° | 222 m | 5.2 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 | 06:38 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/949278782
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
- East Windsor · 19 mi
- Tolland · 19 mi
- Willimantic · 20 mi
- Storrs · 21 mi
- Essex · 23 mi
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