Nature reserve · Connecticut
Montague Circle Open Space
Montague Circle Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodwin Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of East Hartford
How to reach it
Coordinates41.74373, -72.61179
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Goodwin Park: 0.4 mi
- Millbrook Playground: 0.6 mi
- Hockanum Park: 1.1 mi
- Welles Park: 1.3 mi
- Emma and Nicholas DePietro Family Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Landers Road Parcel: 0.8 mi
- Nicholas Foran Park: 1.0 mi
- Richard E. Gorman Park: 1.1 mi
- William Pitkin Park: 1.1 mi
- Pine Hill Woods Open Space: 1.2 mi
Museums
- Selden Brewer House: 1.0 mi
- Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum: 1.2 mi
- Museum on the Green: 3.0 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 3.1 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 3.1 mi
Peaks
- Round Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bush Hill: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Park Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wickham Hill: 3.1 mi
- Toby Hill: 3.9 mi
Artworks
- Equality: 2.6 mi
- Frog: 2.8 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 3.0 mi
- Emancipation: 3.1 mi
- A Welcome Conversation: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- Warner Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 3.4 mi
- William H. Putnam: 3.5 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 3.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 3.8 mi
Attractions
- Constitution Oak: 3.1 mi
- Keney Tower: 3.9 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 4.5 mi
- Mark Twain House: 4.9 mi
- The Dreamyard: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls
- Center Springs Falls: 5.2 mi
- Cascades: 5.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 6.3 mi
- Case Falls: 6.4 mi
- Dividend Falls: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 56
- Heritage Herb Garden: 3.0 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 3.1 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.3 mi
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 3.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Crow Point: 2.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.0 mi
- South Wall: 9.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 9.8 mi
- Superstructure: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 9
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
- Windham Spring: 21.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.2 mi
- Big Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 8.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Montague Circle Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | WNW 296° | 276 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 109° | 273 m | 7.6 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 108° | 272 m | 7.6 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSE 156° | 265 m | 8.6 mi |
| Box Hill | ENE 63° | 252 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 289° | 246 m | 10.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSE 157° | 241 m | 11.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 83° | 237 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/951851206
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
- Storrs · 19 mi
- Willimantic · 20 mi
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