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Meadow Lane Open Space

Meadow Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Meadow Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Daleville School Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

Town Open Space (Meadow Lane); Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Willington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.86134, -72.22226
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Old root cellar: 3.7 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.6 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 4.6 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Ashford Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.9 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 4.1 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 4.2 mi
  • River Road Park: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 43
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.1 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Frog Rock: 8.8 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 10.9 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 34
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.8 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Codfish Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Cascades: 4.7 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 13.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Meadow Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillN 9°371 m7.9 mi
Snow HillN 6°362 m6.5 mi
Lead Mine HillNNE 16°361 m7.2 mi
Hedgehog HillN 356°354 m8.0 mi
Sky HillNNE 13°331 m6.4 mi
Walker MountainNNE 30°325 m8.7 mi
Paulk HillW 279°294 m8.5 mi
Whifford HillNW 318°291 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43441117

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