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Florence Drive Open Space

Florence Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Florence Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buff Cap Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.92394, -72.32998

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Haymarket Square: 2.4 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.6 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.4 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.9 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Old root cellar: 9.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 54
  • filled-in well: 8.7 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.2 mi
  • Goat Rock: 10.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.4 mi
  • sensory garden: 6.4 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Cascade: 3.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascades: 8.1 mi
  • Cascades: 8.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 14.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Rd: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Florence Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 44°396 m9.0 mi
Bald HillENE 63°371 m7.7 mi
Stickney HillENE 58°371 m8.9 mi
Snow HillENE 71°362 m6.5 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 71°361 m7.9 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 54°354 m6.2 mi
Tupper HillNNE 22°352 m8.0 mi
Bear HillNNE 23°347 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

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/1389909685

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