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Decarolis Open Space

Decarolis Open Space from directly overhead

Decarolis Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kongscut Mountain Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69621, -72.51104

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Car Wreck: 0.9 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 0.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.0 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.9 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 3.0 mi
  • Rotary Field: 3.7 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 1.9 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Cascades: 4.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Crow Point: 5.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.3 mi
  • South Wall: 15.7 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 66°273 m2.2 mi
John Tom HillENE 66°272 m2.2 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 200°265 m4.9 mi
Box HillNNE 22°252 m7.9 mi
Clark HillS 186°241 m7.0 mi
Post HillE 101°239 m9.1 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 18°237 m4.3 mi
Kongscut MountainE 95°234 m0.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278819

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