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Luchon Road Open Space

Luchon Road Open Space from directly overhead

Luchon Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Willington Veteran's Memorial, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space (Lunchon Road)

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Willington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.85720, -72.27490
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.3 mi
  • Old root cellar: 4.4 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 1.2 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 3.1 mi
  • River Road Park: 3.2 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 4.0 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions: 47
  • Wolf Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.5 mi
  • filled-in well: 9.1 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 11.3 mi
  • Frog Rock: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 42
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Cascades: 3.1 mi
  • Cascades: 3.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 14.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Luchon Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNE 26°371 m9.0 mi
Stickney HillNNE 27°371 m10.5 mi
Snow HillNNE 26°362 m7.5 mi
Lead Mine HillNNE 33°361 m8.6 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 15°354 m8.5 mi
Sky HillNNE 33°331 m7.7 mi
Walker MountainNE 42°325 m10.5 mi
Soapstone MountainNW 315°315 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437361

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