Laurel Lane Open Space
Laurel Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Ridge Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Stafford
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 30.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Ridge Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Mineral Springs Campground: 1.1 mi
- Orcuttville Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- East Street Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Valley Cotton Mill Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 1.4 mi
- Town Hall Park: 1.4 mi
- Furnace Hollow Square Park: 1.4 mi
- Olympic Park: 2.4 mi
- Olympic Circle: 2.5 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.8 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.4 mi
- Colburn Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.9 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 3.0 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 7.0 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 8.7 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 6.5 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 9.1 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 10.0 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 13.3 mi
- The Walking Wall: 13.3 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 13.4 mi
- The Arc: 13.4 mi
- Harvest Joy: 13.4 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 9.5 mi
- sensory garden: 10.5 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Small House Garden: 13.2 mi
- Cascade: 2.7 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 11.3 mi
- Codfish Falls: 12.7 mi
- Cascades: 12.9 mi
- Cascades: 12.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 2.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.5 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.8 mi
- Streeter Beach: 12.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 14.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 14.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Flag Rock: 16.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.5 mi
- Rd: 22.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.4 mi
- Picnic: 11.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 17.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.9 mi
- Enfield: 22.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Laurel Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ENE 75° | 396 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNE 33° | 379 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 106° | 371 m | 6.0 mi |
| Stickney Hill | E 93° | 371 m | 6.5 mi |
| Snow Hill | ESE 120° | 362 m | 5.9 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ESE 111° | 361 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NNE 23° | 356 m | 6.6 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ESE 110° | 354 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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