Highland Avenue Open Space
Highland Avenue Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronisz Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ellington
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bronisz Drive Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Mountain Street: 1.0 mi
- Maple Street Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Shenipsit Street Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Pinney Street Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Arbor Park: 0.8 mi
- Talcott Park: 1.6 mi
- Saxony Mill Park: 1.7 mi
- Central Park: 1.8 mi
- West Main Street Park: 1.9 mi
- sensory garden: 1.3 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 5.0 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 9.4 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 9.5 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 9.5 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 1.7 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 4.9 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 4.9 mi
- East Windsor Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Fox Hill: 2.1 mi
- Paulk Hill: 3.9 mi
- Reed Hill: 4.4 mi
- Newell Hill: 4.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 4.6 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 5.0 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.7 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 8.9 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 9.4 mi
- Sorry Rock: 6.7 mi
- Frog: 11.8 mi
- The Walking Wall: 12.0 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 12.1 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 12.1 mi
- filled-in well: 4.1 mi
- The Dreamyard: 9.2 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 11.0 mi
- Goat Rock: 11.8 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 12.6 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 1.9 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 4.9 mi
- Cascade: 8.0 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 8.4 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 9.1 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.9 mi
- Crow Point: 15.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.6 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.5 mi
- Rd: 23.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
- Picnic: 21.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.5 mi
- Bara-Hack: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Highland Avenue Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NE 35° | 332 m | 9.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 15° | 323 m | 10.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 20° | 322 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 16° | 319 m | 10.9 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | NNE 27° | 315 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 17° | 303 m | 10.5 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | NNE 16° | 298 m | 9.5 mi |
| Paulk Hill | E 101° | 294 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349366515
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 5 mi
- Tolland · 5 mi
- Somers · 7 mi
- Hampden · 12 mi
- Storrs · 12 mi
- Longmeadow · 13 mi
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