Nature reserve · Connecticut
Long Hill Open Space
Long Hill Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Shelley Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
Coordinates41.72932, -72.59350
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Shelley Lane Open Space: 0.1 mi
- Pine Hill Woods Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Richard E. Gorman Park: 0.5 mi
- Landers Road Parcel: 0.6 mi
- Gateway Planned Industrial Subdivision: 0.7 mi
Parks
- Addison Park: 0.6 mi
- Welles Park: 0.8 mi
- Goodwin Park: 1.0 mi
- Millbrook Playground: 1.4 mi
- Richard H. Ross Field: 1.7 mi
Peaks
- Round Hill: 0.7 mi
- Bush Hill: 1.8 mi
- Laurel Park Hill: 3.3 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 3.3 mi
- Red Hill: 3.6 mi
Museums
- Selden Brewer House: 1.8 mi
- Museum on the Green: 2.1 mi
- Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum: 2.6 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 3.3 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Frog: 1.9 mi
- Equality: 3.9 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 4.3 mi
- Emancipation: 4.4 mi
- A Welcome Conversation: 4.5 mi
Attractions
- Constitution Oak: 3.3 mi
- Hay Tedder: 3.9 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 4.2 mi
- Keney Tower: 5.2 mi
- Car Wreck: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
- Warner Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 4.5 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 4.6 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 4.6 mi
- William H. Putnam: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls
- Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 5.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 5.7 mi
- Case Falls: 5.8 mi
- Dividend Falls: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 54
- Heritage Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 3.3 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Crow Point: 2.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.6 mi
- South Wall: 11.0 mi
- Solar Panel: 11.0 mi
- Superstructure: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 9
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.5 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 18.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 7.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.8 mi
Springs: 2
- Windham Spring: 20.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Long Hill Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | ESE 103° | 273 m | 6.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 103° | 272 m | 6.4 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSE 159° | 265 m | 7.4 mi |
| Box Hill | NE 55° | 252 m | 8.8 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSE 159° | 241 m | 9.9 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 72° | 237 m | 5.8 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 116° | 234 m | 5.2 mi |
| Birch Mountain | ENE 76° | 233 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/949278798
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
- Storrs · 19 mi
- Willimantic · 19 mi
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