Derek Drive Open Space
Derek Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Plains Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Tolland
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 17.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Plains Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Madeline Regan Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Tolland Stage Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Sandy Drive Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Buff Cap Hill: 1.3 mi
- Neff Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.4 mi
- Kendall Hill: 2.5 mi
- Brackett Hill: 2.6 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 1.8 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 3.5 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 8.1 mi
- River Road Park: 1.9 mi
- Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.2 mi
- Crystal Springs: 3.4 mi
- North Cemetery: 3.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 2.8 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 2.9 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 3.4 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 4.6 mi
- The Walking Wall: 7.1 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 7.1 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 7.2 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 7.2 mi
- The Arc: 7.2 mi
- filled-in well: 7.7 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.1 mi
- Wolf Rock: 11.2 mi
- Goat Rock: 12.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 14.3 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
- sensory garden: 6.1 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.0 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.0 mi
- Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Cascades: 6.3 mi
- Cascades: 6.3 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 6.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 7.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 3.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 7.6 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 16.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 17.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 9.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Indian Leap: 20.0 mi
- Picnic: 15.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 1.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 1.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 16.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Derek Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | NE 36° | 396 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | NE 51° | 371 m | 8.5 mi |
| Stickney Hill | NE 48° | 371 m | 9.9 mi |
| Snow Hill | ENE 56° | 362 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ENE 58° | 361 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NE 41° | 354 m | 7.2 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NNE 16° | 352 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNE 18° | 347 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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