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Hill Street Open Space

Hill Street Open Space from directly overhead

Hill Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. East Bald Mountain stands 519 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tatro Pond Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Winchester
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93061, -73.06466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 57
Attractions: 50
  • 4 towns meet: 3.0 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 3.1 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 3.5 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 5.6 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Bike Sculpture: 14.1 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 17.9 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 19.5 mi
  • Cow: 19.5 mi
  • The Globe: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 39
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 13.9 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.3 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Winsted Cliffs: 1.3 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 7.8 mi
  • The Beech: 9.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 9.6 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Hill Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Bald MountainNW 315°519 m9.7 mi
Seymour MountainNNW 347°517 m9.0 mi
Haystack MountainNW 305°510 m9.0 mi
Dutton MountainWNW 296°506 m7.4 mi
Ivy MountainWSW 244°504 m9.1 mi
Brown MountainNW 318°499 m9.2 mi
Barry HillNNW 328°497 m9.8 mi
Dennis HillW 280°496 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340655900

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