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Jonathan Drive Open Space

Jonathan Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Jonathan Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Abbott Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.87049, -72.51104

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 3.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 55
  • filled-in well: 4.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.2 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 10.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 46
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Crow Point: 12.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 16.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 16.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Rd: 23.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Jonathan Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 41°332 m12.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 25°323 m12.4 mi
Bald MountainNNE 32°322 m9.8 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 40°315 m7.9 mi
Perkins MountainNNE 26°298 m11.8 mi
Paulk HillE 84°294 m6.5 mi
Crow HillNE 45°292 m12.1 mi
Kendall HillENE 66°290 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366519

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