High Ridge Drive Open Space
High Ridge Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eaton Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Tolland
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Named places within 25 miles
- Eaton Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- John & Mary Parciak Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Shafran Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Brookmoor Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Crystal Lake Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- North Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Talcott Park: 3.2 mi
- Central Park: 3.3 mi
- Paulk Hill: 0.7 mi
- Sugar Hill: 1.1 mi
- Kendall Hill: 2.6 mi
- Newell Hill: 2.8 mi
- Reed Hill: 3.1 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 1.7 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 1.8 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 3.3 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 2.3 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.3 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 9.5 mi
- Sorry Rock: 7.9 mi
- The Walking Wall: 9.0 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 9.1 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 9.1 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 9.1 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 1.9 mi
- sensory garden: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.9 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.9 mi
- filled-in well: 4.8 mi
- Goat Rock: 12.0 mi
- The Dreamyard: 12.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 12.2 mi
- Wolf Rock: 12.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 3.0 mi
- Cascade: 6.3 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 6.7 mi
- Cascades: 7.8 mi
- Cascades: 7.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.4 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.9 mi
- Crow Point: 17.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 10.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.3 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 20.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
- Picnic: 18.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 19.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.9 mi
- Rd: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of High Ridge Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | ENE 60° | 371 m | 11.6 mi |
| Snow Hill | ENE 64° | 362 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NE 54° | 354 m | 10.2 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 14° | 332 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sky Hill | ENE 67° | 331 m | 11.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 355° | 323 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 352° | 322 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 357° | 319 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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