Knollwood Drive Open Space
Knollwood Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 141 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Hebron
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Martin Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Martin Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Hall Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- West Branch Drive Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Mack Hill: 1.1 mi
- Fuller Hill: 2.1 mi
- Frankel Hill: 2.2 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.7 mi
- Burrows Hill: 2.8 mi
- West Road Memorial Field: 2.1 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 2.3 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Farley Field: 3.5 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 4.8 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 4.8 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- dog memorial: 7.5 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 6.5 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 7.6 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 7.8 mi
- Colchester Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.7 mi
- Insect Hotel: 1.8 mi
- Car Wreck: 4.3 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.8 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 6.5 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 2.9 mi
- Cascade: 2.9 mi
- Grayville Falls: 4.8 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Case Falls: 7.3 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.0 mi
- fern and rock garden: 6.1 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.5 mi
- Crow Point: 10.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 19.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 23.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 24.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 4.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Knollwood Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | N 11° | 284 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mannantuck | NW 319° | 273 m | 3.8 mi |
| John Tom Hill | NW 319° | 272 m | 3.8 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | WSW 247° | 265 m | 6.6 mi |
| Box Hill | N 351° | 252 m | 9.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | SW 226° | 241 m | 7.2 mi |
| Post Hill | E 87° | 239 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNW 333° | 237 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/942302008
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 8 mi
- Willimantic · 11 mi
- Storrs · 13 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 16 mi
- East Windsor · 19 mi
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