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Hurlbut Street Open Space

Hurlbut Street Open Space from directly overhead

Hurlbut Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Haystack Mountain stands 510 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannavo Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Winchester
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91547, -73.07447

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 58
Attractions: 47
  • 4 towns meet: 2.2 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 4.0 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 4.0 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 6.7 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 42
Gardens: 39
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.7 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 17.8 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Winsted Cliffs: 0.4 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 7.4 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 10.1 mi
  • The Beech: 10.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 3.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Hurlbut Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haystack MountainNW 312°510 m9.2 mi
Dutton MountainNW 304°506 m7.5 mi
Ivy MountainWSW 249°504 m8.2 mi
Brown MountainNW 325°499 m9.7 mi
The MatterhornWNW 283°498 m9.6 mi
Dennis HillWNW 290°496 m6.8 mi
Brass MountainWSW 246°491 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainWNW 302°484 m6.7 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340655880

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