Nature reserve · Connecticut
Forest Ridge Road Open Space
Forest Ridge Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Haddam
How to reach it
Coordinates41.49095, -72.54592
- 26.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Big Hill: 0.7 mi
- Walkley Hill: 1.1 mi
- White Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Split Rock: 1.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Fenwood Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Fenwood Extension Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Morris Hubbard Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- George Dudley Seymour State Park: 1.1 mi
- Swan Hill Preserve: 1.1 mi
Museums
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 0.8 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 1.2 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 1.7 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 6.2 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 6.4 mi
Parks
- Higganum Reservoir Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Brickyard Ballfield: 1.3 mi
- Meeting House Green: 1.7 mi
- Haddam Meadows State Park: 2.1 mi
- Great Hill Park: 2.2 mi
Gardens
- Gingers Garden: 3.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.2 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 7.2 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
Historic sites
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 5.0 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 6.3 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 58
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 7.0 mi
- First Tear: 8.0 mi
- snake: 8.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 8.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 54
- Seven Falls: 2.2 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 2.4 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascade: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 48
- Lake Beseck Beach: 9.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.3 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 15.5 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 15.5 mi
- Grove Beach: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 40
- George Washington rock: 2.1 mi
- grindstone: 2.2 mi
- Bible Rock: 2.3 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 3.0 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Pine Ledge: 8.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 9.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 9.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Crow Point: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Johnsonville Village: 4.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 17.1 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Skate Hut: 24.1 mi
- Powder House: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Forest Ridge Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | N 8° | 241 m | 7.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | N 0° | 228 m | 8.3 mi |
| Great Hill | N 355° | 222 m | 6.2 mi |
| Baker Hill | NNE 24° | 204 m | 7.3 mi |
| Goose Hill | SSW 197° | 201 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 312° | 199 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | WSW 245° | 196 m | 7.3 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | WNW 285° | 186 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/993356861
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Essex · 12 mi
- Old Saybrook · 16 mi
- Old Lyme · 17 mi
- East Lyme · 19 mi
- Montville · 20 mi
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