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Lake View Terrace Open Space

Lake View Terrace Open Space from directly overhead

Lake View Terrace Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Murry Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Stafford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.94428, -72.36571

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 0.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 2.9 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 2.9 mi
  • Olympic Park: 3.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.7 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 5.8 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.7 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 11.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 55
  • filled-in well: 8.7 mi
  • Goat Rock: 8.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.2 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascade: 2.3 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 10.1 mi
  • Cascades: 10.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Rd: 22.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.3 mi
  • Picnic: 15.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Lake View Terrace Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 58°396 m9.5 mi
Bald HillENE 77°371 m8.9 mi
Stickney HillENE 70°371 m10.0 mi
Snow HillE 85°362 m8.0 mi
Lead Mine HillE 83°361 m9.4 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 72°354 m7.2 mi
Tupper HillNE 38°352 m7.7 mi
Bear HillNE 39°347 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344559752

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