Nature reserve · Connecticut
Forest Drive Open Space
Forest Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rest Area I-395 (South Bound), a rest area 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Montville
How to reach it
Coordinates41.48130, -72.11381
- 9.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mohegan Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cochegan Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cochegan Rock: 0.9 mi
- Schoolhouse Hill: 1.3 mi
- Uncas Hill: 1.4 mi
Museums
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 0.9 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 0.9 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 4.1 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 4.2 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Richard Brown Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Avery Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Frances Street Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Benway Court Open Space: 1.0 mi
- PTA Lane Open Space: 1.0 mi
Parks
- Trading Cove Association: 1.7 mi
- Fort Shantok Park: 1.8 mi
- Thamesville Playground: 2.5 mi
- Stoddard Hill Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
- Elizabeth Street Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 3.4 mi
- Miantonomo: 5.7 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 6.6 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 51
- Kiddie's Beach: 9.5 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 10.0 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 10.6 mi
- Groton Beach: 10.9 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 40
- River Blue: 1.5 mi
- Sparky: 2.9 mi
- Muffler Man: 3.0 mi
- Nevertheless: 3.6 mi
- Promised Day: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 38
- Yantic Falls: 3.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Cascade: 10.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 34
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.2 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 8.8 mi
- The Whale: 8.8 mi
- turtle rock: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 27
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 6.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.1 mi
- Laurel Walk: 7.1 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Candlewood Ledge: 13.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 0.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 18.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 8.8 mi
- Powder House: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 24.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 7.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Johnsonville Village: 18.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Forest Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | W 259° | 182 m | 4.7 mi |
| Maynard Hill | W 259° | 174 m | 6.7 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | W 268° | 171 m | 5.7 mi |
| Raymond Hill | WNW 284° | 170 m | 3.5 mi |
| Scott Hill | NW 311° | 165 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | WSW 253° | 162 m | 3.6 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | NNW 342° | 153 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 322° | 152 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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