Great Meadows Riverfront Open Space
Great Meadows Riverfront Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Meadows II Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Meadows II Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Great Meadows II Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Great Meadows I Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Wood Parcel: 1.0 mi
- Great Meadows III Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 1.3 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 1.4 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 1.4 mi
- Museum on the Green: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 2.0 mi
- Rose Green: 1.3 mi
- Clark Field: 1.5 mi
- Hubbard Green Park: 1.5 mi
- Savage Park: 1.7 mi
- Richard H. Ross Field: 1.7 mi
- Harriss Hill: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.6 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 1.7 mi
- Red Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 2.2 mi
- Constitution Oak: 1.4 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.6 mi
- Keney Tower: 5.7 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.8 mi
- Mark Twain House: 6.0 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
- Trinity College Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 1.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Warner Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 3.4 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 3.5 mi
- Cascades: 3.4 mi
- Dividend Falls: 3.5 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.0 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
- The Cascade: 8.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 4.4 mi
- Equality: 4.5 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 4.8 mi
- Frog: 4.9 mi
- Pulaski: 4.9 mi
- Crow Point: 1.2 mi
- South Wall: 9.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 9.8 mi
- Superstructure: 9.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 10.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 16.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 19.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 20.5 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.4 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Great Meadows Riverfront Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | E 84° | 273 m | 8.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | E 84° | 272 m | 8.4 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SE 134° | 265 m | 6.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | SE 141° | 241 m | 9.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 62° | 237 m | 8.7 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 90° | 234 m | 6.8 mi |
| Birch Mountain | ENE 65° | 233 m | 8.7 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 142° | 228 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/970140815
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 16 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
- Tolland · 18 mi
- Storrs · 21 mi
- Somers · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 22 mi
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