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Great Meadows II Open Space

Great Meadows II Open Space from directly overhead

Great Meadows II Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 8.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.69972, -72.62710
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Clark Field: 1.0 mi
  • Hubbard Green Park: 1.1 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 1.2 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Woodbridge Park: 1.4 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Graffiti Arches: 2.0 mi
  • Warner Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Slocomb Mill: 3.5 mi
  • Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 0.7 mi
  • South Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Solar Panel: 10.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Windham Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 21.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Great Meadows II Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 85°273 m8.0 mi
John Tom HillE 85°272 m8.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 138°265 m6.5 mi
Clark HillSE 144°241 m8.9 mi
Lookout MountainENE 62°237 m8.2 mi
Kongscut MountainE 92°234 m6.4 mi
Birch MountainENE 65°233 m8.2 mi
Raccoon HillSE 146°228 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/970140814

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