Gray Open Space
Gray Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lachance Open Space, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 3.0 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Putnam
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 23.2 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lachance Open Space: 0.0 mi
- Adams Open Space: 0.1 mi
- Dzioba Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Streeter Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Kennedy Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Bates Hill: 0.1 mi
- Davis Hill: 0.6 mi
- Hospital Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bartholomew Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bowen Hill: 2.1 mi
- Robert J. Miller Park: 0.5 mi
- Letters Street Green: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Robert R. Johnston Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Providence Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.8 mi
- Pineville Mill: 3.7 mi
- Six Toes trail marker: 6.7 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 7.3 mi
- Dudley Fire Department Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Beresik Square: 8.2 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 6.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 8.8 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.0 mi
- Crazy Corners: 15.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 16.4 mi
- Motion: 13.6 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 19.6 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 19.6 mi
- U’s and C’s: 19.7 mi
- Copper Tower: 19.7 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 0.5 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 6.3 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 8.3 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 11.9 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 9.5 mi
- Wescott Beach: 10.7 mi
- YWCA Beach: 12.6 mi
- Flynns Beach: 12.8 mi
- Spring Lake Beach: 13.0 mi
- Cargill Falls: 1.0 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.8 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 15.7 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 17.1 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 17.3 mi
- Small House Garden: 16.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 16.3 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 17.7 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 17.7 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 19.9 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 9.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 17.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.4 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 19.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Picnic: 11.4 mi
- Site #36: 23.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 6.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Gray Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | WNW 288° | 283 m | 6.6 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | WNW 291° | 281 m | 7.3 mi |
| Aplin Hill | WNW 287° | 276 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bradford Hill | WNW 290° | 267 m | 7.9 mi |
| Thunder Hill | WNW 286° | 265 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ragged Hill | WSW 257° | 265 m | 7.1 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | W 265° | 265 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rocky Hill | W 274° | 264 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43441126
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