Martin Road Open Space
Martin Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Hebron
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- West Branch Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Knollwood Drive Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Fawn Brook West Branch Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Hall Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- West Road Memorial Field: 1.4 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 2.8 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Farley Field: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Fuller Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mack Hill: 1.9 mi
- Frankel Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mannantuck: 3.1 mi
- John Tom Hill: 3.1 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 5.6 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 5.6 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 6.7 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 7.3 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 7.1 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 7.2 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 7.5 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 7.7 mi
- Insect Hotel: 1.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
- Car Wreck: 3.5 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 5.8 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.6 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.7 mi
- fern and rock garden: 6.8 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 10.4 mi
- Cascade: 2.1 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 2.2 mi
- Grayville Falls: 5.5 mi
- Case Falls: 6.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 6.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 8.1 mi
- Crow Point: 9.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 23.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 24.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 3.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Martin Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NNE 15° | 284 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mannantuck | NW 325° | 273 m | 3.1 mi |
| John Tom Hill | NW 325° | 272 m | 3.1 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | WSW 241° | 265 m | 6.1 mi |
| Box Hill | N 355° | 252 m | 9.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | SW 220° | 241 m | 7.0 mi |
| Post Hill | E 91° | 239 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNW 337° | 237 m | 6.2 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 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438890
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 9 mi
- Willimantic · 12 mi
- Storrs · 14 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 17 mi
- East Windsor · 18 mi
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