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Laurel Circle Drive Open Space

Laurel Circle Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Laurel Circle Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west-southwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is F. W. Brown Tract, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 7.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Norwich
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50108, -72.07427
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 49
Artworks: 39
Waterfalls: 33
Attractions: 28
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 5.5 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 5.5 mi
  • The Dark Manor Haunted House: 6.8 mi
  • The Whale: 10.2 mi
  • turtle rock: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 26
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 2.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Windham Spring: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Laurel Circle Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillWSW 251°182 m7.0 mi
Raymond HillW 265°170 m5.4 mi
Prentice MountainE 92°163 m7.1 mi
Dolbeare HillWSW 247°162 m6.0 mi
Wawecus HillNW 307°153 m4.2 mi
Bear HillWNW 295°152 m5.5 mi
Hearthstone HillNNW 342°152 m7.2 mi
Bashon HillWNW 303°152 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1031891895

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