Manchester Open Space
Manchester Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Steele Farm Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Manchester
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Steele Farm Drive Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Virginia and Charles House Park: 0.6 mi
- Bishop Drive Parklet: 0.8 mi
- Olive Chambers Parklet: 0.8 mi
- John S. Risley Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Sorry Rock: 0.4 mi
- Frog: 5.8 mi
- Equality: 9.4 mi
- Career Column: 9.5 mi
- Steamer: 9.5 mi
- Meadowbrook Play Area: 0.5 mi
- Scott Drive Parklet: 0.6 mi
- Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 0.7 mi
- Salter's Pond: 1.0 mi
- Lake Street Parklet: 1.0 mi
- Green Hill: 1.4 mi
- Box Hill: 1.6 mi
- Academy Hill: 2.5 mi
- Whites Hill: 2.5 mi
- Case Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 1.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 2.4 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 2.7 mi
- Case Falls: 2.7 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 5.1 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 3.3 mi
- The Fire Museum: 3.4 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 3.4 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 3.6 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 7.1 mi
- dog memorial: 8.4 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 8.8 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 9.5 mi
- filled-in well: 3.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 4.6 mi
- The Dreamyard: 6.4 mi
- Hay Tedder: 7.1 mi
- Car Wreck: 8.1 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.7 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 4.7 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.9 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.9 mi
- sensory garden: 6.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 2.0 mi
- Crow Point: 9.4 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.7 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 17.8 mi
- Babbs Beach: 21.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Manchester Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soapstone Mountain | NNE 19° | 315 m | 11.6 mi |
| Paulk Hill | NE 42° | 294 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kendall Hill | NE 37° | 290 m | 10.4 mi |
| Grant Hill | ENE 77° | 284 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NE 42° | 282 m | 8.7 mi |
| Reed Hill | NE 54° | 275 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mannantuck | S 174° | 273 m | 6.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | S 174° | 272 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/723014464
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 8 mi
- East Windsor · 9 mi
- Storrs · 12 mi
- Somers · 13 mi
- Willimantic · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
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