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Dunn Hill Road Open Space

Dunn Hill Road Open Space from directly overhead

Dunn Hill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Torry Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87678, -72.37135

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Crystal Springs: 1.9 mi
  • North Cemetery: 1.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Henry Park: 4.0 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 4.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 52
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 0.7 mi
  • sensory garden: 3.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 49
  • filled-in well: 5.0 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 12.1 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.7 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic: 17.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Dunn Hill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNE 53°371 m11.2 mi
Snow HillENE 57°362 m9.9 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 58°361 m11.2 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 46°354 m9.9 mi
Chestnut HillN 5°332 m8.7 mi
Sky HillENE 61°331 m10.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 350°323 m11.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW 346°322 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389901478

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