Edmund Gorman Open Space
Edmund Gorman Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gorman Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gorman Natural Area: 0.3 mi
- Coop Road II Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Camp Merrie-Wood: 0.6 mi
- Coop Road I Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Fairway Park: 1.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 0.9 mi
- Hay Tedder: 2.9 mi
- Car Wreck: 3.7 mi
- Insect Hotel: 5.1 mi
- filled-in well: 7.1 mi
- Birch Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Case Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Nebo: 2.0 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.1 mi
- Mount Nebo Park: 1.9 mi
- Spruce Street Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Munro Park: 2.9 mi
- Center Park: 2.9 mi
- Case Falls: 1.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 1.7 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 3.1 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 3.2 mi
- Cascade: 3.8 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 2.4 mi
- The Fire Museum: 2.7 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 2.9 mi
- Museum on the Green: 6.3 mi
- Frog: 3.3 mi
- Sorry Rock: 4.1 mi
- Face in Tree: 8.6 mi
- Equality: 8.6 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 8.9 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 6.7 mi
- dog memorial: 8.2 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 8.5 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 8.5 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 5.3 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.3 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.5 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 4.4 mi
- Crow Point: 6.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.7 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 13.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 19.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 21.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 2.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Edmund Gorman Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NNE 29° | 294 m | 11.4 mi |
| Grant Hill | NE 45° | 284 m | 7.8 mi |
| Reed Hill | NNE 32° | 275 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mannantuck | SSE 151° | 273 m | 2.3 mi |
| John Tom Hill | SSE 150° | 272 m | 2.2 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSW 199° | 265 m | 7.8 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 24° | 252 m | 5.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | S 189° | 241 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/951327622
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 11 mi
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Storrs · 14 mi
- Willimantic · 14 mi
- Somers · 17 mi
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