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Martin Road Open Space

Martin Road Open Space from directly overhead

Martin Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north, 10 miles off. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hebron
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.67170, -72.42045
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Burnt Hill Park: 1.9 mi
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Farley Field: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 4.8 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 4.8 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • dog memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 7.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Face in Tree: 7.5 mi
  • Frog: 8.4 mi
  • Sorry Rock: 9.2 mi
  • Swifty: 11.2 mi
  • Windy: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Eagle Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 2.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 5.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Cascade: 3.0 mi
  • Grayville Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 1.7 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 5.8 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Martin Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillN 10°284 m10.2 mi
MannantuckNW 313°273 m3.7 mi
John Tom HillNW 314°272 m3.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainWSW 245°265 m6.9 mi
Box HillN 349°252 m9.2 mi
Clark HillSW 226°241 m7.6 mi
Post HillE 90°239 m4.2 mi
Lookout MountainNNW 330°237 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1041510553

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