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Kimberly Open Space

Kimberly Open Space from directly overhead

Kimberly Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fresk Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68970, -72.60309

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodbridge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Clark Field: 0.7 mi
  • Hubbard Green Park: 0.8 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 1.1 mi
  • Glastonbury Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Waterfalls
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 3.0 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.7 mi
  • Keney Tower: 6.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 1.4 mi
  • Flag Rock: 10.6 mi
  • South Wall: 11.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Kimberly Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckE 79°273 m6.8 mi
John Tom HillE 79°272 m6.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 143°265 m5.2 mi
Clark HillSSE 149°241 m7.7 mi
Lookout MountainNE 53°237 m7.6 mi
Kongscut MountainE 85°234 m5.2 mi
Birch MountainENE 56°233 m7.5 mi
Whites HillNE 53°231 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278803

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