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Fermier Road Open Space

Fermier Road Open Space from directly overhead

Fermier Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharpe Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Willington

How to reach it

Coordinates41.91162, -72.22693

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • River Road Park: 3.2 mi
  • Morey Pond Boat Launch: 4.1 mi
  • Heritage Park: 4.4 mi
  • Haymarket Square: 5.0 mi
  • Ashford Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.4 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 6.1 mi
  • Old root cellar: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 52
Attractions: 50
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 4.9 mi
  • Frog Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 10.6 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 11.3 mi
  • filled-in well: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 29
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 7.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Codfish Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Cascades: 7.5 mi
  • Cascades: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 10.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 12.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Fermier Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillN 7°396 m7.3 mi
Bald HillNNE 20°371 m4.6 mi
Stickney HillNNE 22°371 m6.1 mi
Snow HillNNE 16°362 m3.1 mi
Lead Mine HillNNE 32°361 m4.1 mi
Hedgehog HillN 356°354 m4.5 mi
Tupper HillNNW 344°352 m8.6 mi
Sky HillNNE 32°331 m3.2 mi

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 solstice07:1415:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/973204166

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