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Main Street Open Space

Main Street Open Space from directly overhead

Main Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Hedgehog Hill stands 354 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Somers Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Somers

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98500, -72.44839

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Somers Common: 0.3 mi
  • Hazardville Playground: 4.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 4.8 mi
  • Powder Hollow Park: 5.0 mi
  • Gerrish Park: 5.0 mi
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 7.3 mi
  • Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 9.1 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 10.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 54
Waterfalls: 26
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 11.3 mi
  • Cascades: 14.7 mi
  • Cascades: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 17.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.0 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Picnic: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Main Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hedgehog HillE 93°354 m11.1 mi
Tupper HillENE 70°352 m9.6 mi
Bear HillENE 70°347 m10.0 mi
Moss HillENE 70°341 m10.4 mi
Peck HillENE 57°336 m8.8 mi
Chestnut HillENE 76°332 m4.9 mi
Moon MountainNE 37°330 m7.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 32°323 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344559735

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