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Jennifer Drive Open Space

Jennifer Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Jennifer Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest View Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hebron

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65213, -72.39814

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 2.2 mi
  • Little League Baseball Park: 2.5 mi
  • Farley Field: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 3.2 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 3.2 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 7.1 mi
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.1 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.0 mi
  • Rain Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Grayville Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • The Cascade: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Eagle Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 6.0 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 6.6 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Jennifer Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckNW 315°273 m5.5 mi
John Tom HillNW 316°272 m5.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainWSW 258°265 m7.6 mi
Clark HillWSW 239°241 m7.7 mi
Post HillENE 67°239 m3.4 mi
Lookout MountainNNW 328°237 m8.4 mi
Kongscut MountainWNW 299°234 m6.2 mi
Birch MountainNNW 327°233 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436841

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