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Edgewood Road Open Space

Edgewood Road Open Space from directly overhead

Edgewood Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Harvey Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.94793, -72.40787

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Somers Common: 3.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 3.4 mi
  • North Cemetery: 3.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • sensory garden: 5.0 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 11.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Goat Rock: 7.9 mi
  • filled-in well: 8.2 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 12.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.5 mi
  • Cascades: 11.4 mi
  • Cascades: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Rd: 21.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Edgewood Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 65°396 m11.3 mi
Bald HillE 80°371 m11.0 mi
Snow HillE 87°362 m10.2 mi
Lead Mine HillE 85°361 m11.5 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 78°354 m9.2 mi
Tupper HillNE 50°352 m9.1 mi
Bear HillNE 50°347 m9.5 mi
Moss HillNE 52°341 m9.8 mi
Conditions

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–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344570142

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