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Elna Drive Open Space

Elna Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Elna Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lee Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space (Ena Drive)

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.84932, -72.34859

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Laidlaw Park: 2.3 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 2.6 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 2.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 4.1 mi
  • North Cemetery: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 52
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 5.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 44
  • filled-in well: 5.2 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 11.5 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.1 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Cascades: 4.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 18.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.5 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: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Elna Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillNE 44°362 m10.2 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 34°354 m10.6 mi
Chestnut HillN 358°332 m10.6 mi
Sky HillNE 48°331 m10.6 mi
Bald MountainNNW 342°322 m10.3 mi
Soapstone MountainNNW 336°315 m8.3 mi
Paulk HillNW 318°294 m2.9 mi
Crow HillN 1°292 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436592

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