Middle Turnpike Open Space
Middle Turnpike Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gurley–Mason Mill Site, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gurley–Mason Mill Site: 0.2 mi
- UConn Forest Moss Tract: 0.6 mi
- Daniel W. Talmadge Conservation Tract: 0.7 mi
- Royal Knowlton Preserve: 0.9 mi
- John Löf Woodlands: 1.1 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 1.2 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pinney Hill: 2.8 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 2.9 mi
- Holt Mountain: 3.2 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 1.9 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 2.0 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 2.0 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 2.1 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 3.0 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.1 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 2.1 mi
- Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.0 mi
- Merrow Meadow Park: 3.6 mi
- Pine Lake Community Club: 3.8 mi
- Old root cellar: 2.3 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.1 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 3.4 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 1.8 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 1.9 mi
- The Arc: 1.9 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 1.9 mi
- Harvest Joy: 1.9 mi
- Wolf Rock: 5.5 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.2 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 9.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.3 mi
- filled-in well: 10.4 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 1.7 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 1.8 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 1.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 1.3 mi
- Cascades: 2.5 mi
- Cascades: 2.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 7.1 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 10.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 3.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 17.1 mi
- Streeter Beach: 19.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 3.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.8 mi
- Crow Point: 21.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 12.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.5 mi
- Picnic: 15.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Middle Turnpike Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NNE 15° | 371 m | 9.9 mi |
| Snow Hill | NNE 13° | 362 m | 8.4 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | NNE 20° | 361 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | N 4° | 354 m | 9.8 mi |
| Sky Hill | NNE 19° | 331 m | 8.4 mi |
| Paulk Hill | WNW 294° | 294 m | 7.9 mi |
| Whifford Hill | N 351° | 291 m | 3.9 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNE 26° | 290 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/972755260
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 2 mi
- Tolland · 7 mi
- Willimantic · 8 mi
- Union · 11 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 15 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
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