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Maple Street Open Space

Maple Street Open Space from directly overhead

Maple Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Arbor Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington

How to reach it

Coordinates41.90798, -72.46487

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arbor Park: 0.3 mi
  • Talcott Park: 2.8 mi
  • Saxony Mill Park: 2.8 mi
  • Central Park: 2.9 mi
  • West Main Street Park: 3.0 mi
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 2.3 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 10.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 51
  • filled-in well: 5.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 9.7 mi
  • Goat Rock: 10.7 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 12.0 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.9 mi
  • Cascade: 7.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Rd: 22.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Maple Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 41°332 m8.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 19°323 m9.1 mi
Bald MountainNNE 26°322 m6.4 mi
Pine MountainNNE 19°319 m9.9 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 37°315 m4.4 mi
Bald MountainNNE 20°303 m9.5 mi
Perkins MountainNNE 19°298 m8.5 mi
Paulk HillESE 115°294 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366528

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