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Evans Crossing Open Space

Evans Crossing Open Space from directly overhead

Evans Crossing Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Timber Ridge Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.83529, -72.51622
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sand Hill / Nevers Park: 1.7 mi
  • Larry Duprey Field: 2.0 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 2.0 mi
  • Northwest Park: 2.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.7 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 59
  • filled-in well: 3.5 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 4.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.8 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 9.2 mi
  • Keney Tower: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Crow Point: 10.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 15.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Evans Crossing Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 27°322 m12.1 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 32°315 m10.1 mi
Paulk HillENE 65°294 m7.4 mi
Kendall HillNE 53°290 m9.9 mi
Grant HillE 101°284 m6.8 mi
Sugar HillENE 61°282 m8.5 mi
Reed HillE 83°275 m5.9 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 34°275 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437208

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