Nature reserve · Connecticut
Grant Hill Road Open Space
Grant Hill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
Coordinates41.80140, -72.36879
- 21.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Grant Hill Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Wrights Mill Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Wolf Hill Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Carpenter Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Alice Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Grant Hill: 1.4 mi
- Riley Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 3.0 mi
- Reed Hill: 3.5 mi
- Box Hill: 4.4 mi
Parks
- Laidlaw Park: 1.7 mi
- Lisicke Beach: 2.5 mi
- Indian Notch Park: 2.9 mi
- Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 3.0 mi
- Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- dog memorial: 3.8 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.0 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 4.1 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.7 mi
Museums
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 4.8 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 4.9 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 5.7 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 6.0 mi
Artworks
- Sorry Rock: 5.8 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 5.9 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 5.9 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.9 mi
- The Walking Wall: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 53
- Tolland Youth Garden: 4.5 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.8 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 49
- filled-in well: 4.7 mi
- Wolf Rock: 8.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 8.6 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 10.3 mi
- Insect Hotel: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 43
- Cascades: 4.4 mi
- Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 6.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 6.3 mi
- Case Falls: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Flag Rock: 4.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 8.7 mi
- Crow Point: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 6
- Halls Pond Beach: 5.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.6 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.2 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Gay City State Park: 6.4 mi
- Bara-Hack: 19.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
- Picnic: 21.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Grant Hill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soapstone Mountain | NNW 348° | 315 m | 11.1 mi |
| Paulk Hill | N 351° | 294 m | 5.6 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NE 42° | 291 m | 8.4 mi |
| Kendall Hill | N 2° | 290 m | 8.2 mi |
| Grant Hill | NW 319° | 284 m | 1.4 mi |
| Sugar Hill | N 359° | 282 m | 6.4 mi |
| Reed Hill | NNW 330° | 275 m | 3.5 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NE 39° | 275 m | 9.6 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 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349082199
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 5 mi
- Storrs · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 10 mi
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Somers · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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