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Harvey Lane Open Space

Harvey Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Harvey Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgewood Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Stafford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.95022, -72.39545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Somers Common: 3.5 mi
  • North Cemetery: 3.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 6.2 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.3 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 12.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • sensory garden: 5.4 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Goat Rock: 7.9 mi
  • filled-in well: 8.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.8 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cascade: 2.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.9 mi
  • Cascades: 11.2 mi
  • Cascades: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Rd: 21.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
  • Picnic: 16.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Harvey Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 64°396 m10.6 mi
Bald HillE 81°371 m10.3 mi
Stickney HillENE 75°371 m11.3 mi
Snow HillE 88°362 m9.5 mi
Lead Mine HillE 86°361 m10.9 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 78°354 m8.6 mi
Tupper HillNE 48°352 m8.5 mi
Bear HillNE 48°347 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344559749

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