Foster Drive Open Space
Foster Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Peck Hill stands 336 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ellington
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bridge Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Hill Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Cedarwood Drive Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Kimball Forest: 1.2 mi
- Laurel Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Arbor Park: 1.6 mi
- North Cemetery: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Springs: 3.7 mi
- Talcott Park: 3.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- sensory garden: 3.1 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 5.9 mi
- Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 10.9 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 11.5 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 11.5 mi
- Soapstone Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Newell Hill: 3.2 mi
- Fox Hill: 4.3 mi
- Paulk Hill: 4.6 mi
- Kendall Hill: 4.7 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 3.9 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 5.7 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 5.7 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 5.9 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 6.1 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.5 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 9.0 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 10.5 mi
- Sorry Rock: 9.0 mi
- The Three Graces: 12.3 mi
- The Walking Wall: 13.0 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 13.0 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 13.1 mi
- filled-in well: 6.3 mi
- Goat Rock: 9.5 mi
- The Dreamyard: 10.9 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 11.6 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 12.4 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cascade: 6.3 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.2 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 10.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 11.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 16.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 9.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.2 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.8 mi
- Rd: 21.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
- Picnic: 20.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Foster Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peck Hill | NE 41° | 336 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 43° | 332 m | 7.4 mi |
| Moon Mountain | NNE 25° | 330 m | 11.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 17° | 323 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 25° | 322 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 17° | 319 m | 8.6 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | NE 41° | 315 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 19° | 303 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349366534
Day trips start here
- Somers · 4 mi
- East Windsor · 5 mi
- Tolland · 6 mi
- Hampden · 10 mi
- Longmeadow · 11 mi
- Storrs · 13 mi
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