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Dickinson Road Open Space

Dickinson Road Open Space from directly overhead

Dickinson Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.62220, -72.47292
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Farley Field: 1.2 mi
  • Sears Park: 2.8 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 3.3 mi
  • Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 3.6 mi
  • Seamster Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 52
  • Pumpkintown USA: 2.6 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 3.8 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 4.0 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 52
  • The Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Grayville Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 8.3 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 7
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Dickinson Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckN 0°273 m6.0 mi
John Tom HillN 0°272 m6.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainW 279°265 m3.6 mi
Clark HillSW 236°241 m3.3 mi
Post HillENE 64°239 m7.7 mi
Lookout MountainN 356°237 m9.2 mi
Kongscut MountainNNW 343°234 m5.3 mi
Birch MountainN 357°233 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43441665

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