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Hurlburt Corner Open Space

Hurlburt Corner Open Space from directly overhead

Hurlburt Corner Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanley Drive Streambelt, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71675, -72.54089

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 1.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 2.9 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 5.3 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.9 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.0 mi
  • Addison Park: 2.3 mi
  • Rotary Field: 2.5 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 3.1 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascades: 4.3 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Heritage Herb Garden: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 4.0 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.0 mi
  • South Wall: 13.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 13.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Hurlburt Corner Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 49°284 m10.5 mi
MannantuckE 99°273 m3.6 mi
John Tom HillE 99°272 m3.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 181°265 m6.0 mi
Box HillNE 37°252 m7.4 mi
Clark HillS 175°241 m8.4 mi
Lookout MountainNE 47°237 m3.9 mi
Kongscut MountainSE 126°234 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278815

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