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Fallview Open Space

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Fallview Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Drumlin Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67460, -72.58898

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grange Pool: 0.7 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 0.8 mi
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 0.9 mi
  • Woodbridge Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rotary Field: 1.6 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 0.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Carr Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
  • The Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 3.8 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.8 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 2.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 10.8 mi
  • South Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Fallview Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 68°273 m6.4 mi
John Tom HillENE 68°272 m6.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 142°265 m3.9 mi
Clark HillSSE 149°241 m6.4 mi
Lookout MountainNE 44°237 m7.7 mi
Kongscut MountainENE 72°234 m4.7 mi
Birch MountainNE 47°233 m7.6 mi
Raccoon HillSSE 153°228 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/948007095

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