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Elizabeth Road Open Space

Elizabeth Road Open Space from directly overhead

Elizabeth Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Boulder Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.79093, -72.16729
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Mount Hope Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
  • Southeast Park: 1.7 mi
  • Edward Garrison Park: 2.3 mi
  • Spring Hill Fields: 3.3 mi
Museums: 57
Historic sites: 52
Waterfalls: 32
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 30
Attractions: 26
Gardens: 21
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 4.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Thread City Family Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Elizabeth Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whifford HillNW 326°291 m8.4 mi
Westford HillN 351°290 m8.6 mi
Parker MountainNNW 332°275 m9.3 mi
Sharpe HillNNW 347°268 m8.7 mi
Sprague HillNE 44°257 m7.2 mi
Sherman HillNE 46°252 m8.5 mi
Grass HillN 359°250 m8.6 mi
Pisgah HillNE 42°248 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3716:22

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439996

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