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Jonathan Trumbull Highway Open Space

Jonathan Trumbull Highway Open Space from directly overhead

Jonathan Trumbull Highway Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Andover Veterans Monument Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Andover
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.73860, -72.36666
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 0.1 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
  • Patriots Park: 3.6 mi
  • Veteran Green: 3.6 mi
  • Columbia Recreation Park: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • dog memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.6 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 6.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 51
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.1 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.5 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Eagle Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.5 mi
  • filled-in well: 7.8 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 6.7 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 24.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 8.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Jonathan Trumbull Highway Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillN 354°294 m9.9 mi
Grant HillN 349°284 m5.5 mi
Sugar HillN 359°282 m10.8 mi
Reed HillNNW 346°275 m7.6 mi
MannantuckWSW 249°273 m5.9 mi
John Tom HillWSW 250°272 m5.8 mi
Box HillNW 314°252 m6.3 mi
Post HillSSE 163°239 m4.9 mi
Conditions

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 °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082189

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