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Laurel Drive Open Space

Laurel Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Laurel Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chenes Roches Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Willington

How to reach it

Coordinates41.93769, -72.29742

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Haymarket Square: 1.2 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.5 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 1.7 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 1.8 mi
  • Olympic Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.4 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.6 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 8.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 55
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 10.6 mi
  • Goat Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 8.4 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 9.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascades: 8.7 mi
  • Cascades: 8.8 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 12.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Laurel Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 40°396 m7.1 mi
Bald HillENE 64°371 m5.7 mi
Stickney HillENE 57°371 m7.0 mi
Snow HillENE 76°362 m4.6 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 74°361 m6.0 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 51°354 m4.3 mi
Tupper HillN 11°352 m6.6 mi
Bear HillNNE 13°347 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440059

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