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Grayville Road Open Space

Grayville Road Open Space from directly overhead

Grayville Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Hill Road Open Space East, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hebron
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.61378, -72.35768
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Little League Baseball Park: 1.0 mi
  • CT Salmon River State Park: 1.2 mi
  • Colchester Fish and Game Club: 1.7 mi
  • Colchester Recreation Complex: 2.2 mi
  • Schuster Park: 2.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 2.1 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 2.1 mi
  • Dr. William Beaumont: 7.3 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 7.9 mi
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 7.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.0 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Grayville Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Moodus Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 7.9 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Eagle Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.5 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 7.2 mi
  • Mill Turbine: 8.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 30
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Old Spring: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Grayville Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckNW 318°273 m8.9 mi
John Tom HillNW 318°272 m8.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainW 277°265 m9.6 mi
Clark HillW 262°241 m8.8 mi
Post HillNNE 14°239 m4.1 mi
Kongscut MountainNW 307°234 m9.4 mi
Burnt HillNNW 346°229 m5.5 mi
Raccoon HillW 269°228 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/941855676

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