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Meadow View Drive Open Space

Meadow View Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Meadow View Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathan Hale Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Coventry

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74877, -72.29243

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran Green: 1.4 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • Patriots Park: 1.5 mi
  • Eagleville Pond Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 1.5 mi
  • dog memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.4 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.3 mi
  • Old root cellar: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 46
  • Cascades: 4.3 mi
  • Cascades: 4.4 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 43
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 4.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 42
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Meadow View Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNW 332°294 m10.3 mi
Whifford HillN 10°291 m10.0 mi
Grant HillNW 314°284 m6.8 mi
Sugar HillNNW 338°282 m10.8 mi
Reed HillNW 320°275 m8.8 mi
MannantuckWSW 253°273 m9.7 mi
John Tom HillWSW 254°272 m9.7 mi
Box HillWNW 294°252 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082242

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