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Hemlock Hills Open Space

Hemlock Hills Open Space from directly overhead

Hemlock Hills Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tara Hills Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71821, -72.57047

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.0 mi
  • Rotary Field: 1.5 mi
  • Welles Park: 2.0 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 2.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.3 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.1 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.3 mi
  • Keney Tower: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 3.8 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Cascade: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 55
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 2.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.0 mi
  • South Wall: 12.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Hemlock Hills Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 97°273 m5.1 mi
John Tom HillE 97°272 m5.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 167°265 m6.3 mi
Box HillNE 46°252 m8.3 mi
Clark HillSSE 165°241 m8.8 mi
Lookout MountainENE 60°237 m5.1 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 114°234 m3.8 mi
Birch MountainENE 65°233 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/948007077

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