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Midland Drive Open Space

Midland Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Midland Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodford Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78649, -72.89040

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sycamore Hills Park: 1.5 mi
  • Suburban Park: 1.9 mi
  • Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 2.6 mi
  • Millennium Field: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 1.9 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.6 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 5.0 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 5.7 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
Gardens: 60
Attractions: 57
  • 1780s dam site: 1.5 mi
  • Wreck: 1.5 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 1.8 mi
  • Kettles: 1.9 mi
  • The Carrals: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 50
Cliffs: 27
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.7 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 4.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 10.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 13.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Midland Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillWNW 283°360 m8.1 mi
Ratlum MountainNNW 345°358 m7.3 mi
Johnnycake MountainWSW 247°354 m5.8 mi
Hayden HillWNW 283°332 m9.9 mi
West HillNW 311°328 m9.1 mi
Breezy HillNNW 337°327 m6.6 mi
Yellow MountainWNW 302°310 m6.8 mi
West LedgeN 6°305 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439287

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