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Forest View Lane Open Space

Forest View Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Forest View Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennifer Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hebron

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65239, -72.39968

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 2.2 mi
  • Little League Baseball Park: 2.5 mi
  • Farley Field: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 3.3 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 3.3 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.1 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.1 mi
  • Rain Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Grayville Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • The Cascade: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Eagle Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.3 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.9 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 6.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Forest View Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckNW 316°273 m5.4 mi
John Tom HillNW 316°272 m5.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainWSW 258°265 m7.5 mi
Clark HillWSW 239°241 m7.6 mi
Post HillENE 67°239 m3.4 mi
Lookout MountainNNW 328°237 m8.4 mi
Kongscut MountainWNW 299°234 m6.1 mi
Birch MountainNNW 328°233 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/942237961

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