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Mihaliak Road Open Space

Mihaliak Road Open Space from directly overhead

Mihaliak Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Turnpike Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Willington

How to reach it

Coordinates41.93203, -72.25263

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Heritage Park: 2.5 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.8 mi
  • Haymarket Square: 3.1 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 3.6 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.8 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 6.5 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 60
Attractions: 51
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.3 mi
  • Frog Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 8.4 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Cascade: 6.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascades: 8.4 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 10.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mihaliak Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNNE 21°396 m6.3 mi
Bald HillNE 45°371 m4.1 mi
Stickney HillNE 40°371 m5.5 mi
Snow HillNE 55°362 m2.7 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 59°361 m4.0 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 19°354 m3.2 mi
Tupper HillN 352°352 m7.0 mi
Bear HillN 354°347 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/973204132

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