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Lakeview Avenue Open Space

Lakeview Avenue Open Space from directly overhead

Lakeview Avenue Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is South Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.92623, -72.37518

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 0.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 2.0 mi
  • North Cemetery: 2.1 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.5 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.6 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 11.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 56
  • filled-in well: 7.4 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.6 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.1 mi
  • sensory garden: 4.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 3.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.2 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Rd: 23.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic: 16.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Lakeview Avenue Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 54°396 m10.6 mi
Bald HillENE 70°371 m9.7 mi
Stickney HillENE 65°371 m10.9 mi
Snow HillENE 77°362 m8.7 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 76°361 m10.1 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 65°354 m8.1 mi
Tupper HillNE 36°352 m9.0 mi
Bear HillNE 37°347 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366502

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