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Great Meadows III Open Space

Great Meadows III Open Space from directly overhead

Great Meadows III Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fresk Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.68937, -72.61483
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woodbridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • Clark Field: 0.8 mi
  • Hubbard Green Park: 0.9 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 1.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 2.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.2 mi
  • Keney Tower: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 55
Cliffs: 22
  • Crow Point: 1.3 mi
  • South Wall: 10.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.0 mi
  • Flag Rock: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Great Meadows III Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 80°273 m7.4 mi
John Tom HillE 79°272 m7.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 138°265 m5.5 mi
Clark HillSE 145°241 m8.0 mi
Lookout MountainNE 56°237 m8.1 mi
Kongscut MountainE 86°234 m5.8 mi
Birch MountainENE 59°233 m8.0 mi
Raccoon HillSSE 147°228 m6.5 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278902

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