Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Connecticut

Gulielmetti Open Space

Gulielmetti Open Space from directly overhead

Gulielmetti Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pisgah Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Durham
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.44304, -72.67995

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Durham Town Green: 1.9 mi
  • Allyn Brook Park: 2.3 mi
  • Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
  • Guilford Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • Guida Farms Conservation Area: 4.4 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 60
Gardens
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.2 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Erin Street Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 60
Artworks: 49
Attractions: 47
  • Selectmen's Stones: 0.6 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 2.7 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 3.1 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.3 mi
  • Bear Cave: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 16
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Gulielmetti Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainNNW 337°272 m8.1 mi
TrimountainWNW 291°232 m3.1 mi
Fowler MountainW 270°230 m3.2 mi
Beseck MountainNW 325°219 m5.9 mi
Pistapaug MountainWSW 255°210 m3.1 mi
Camels HumpNNW 335°207 m7.6 mi
Goose HillE 90°201 m5.9 mi
Bear HillNE 40°199 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/837192214

More nature reserves in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Gulielmetti Open Space.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens