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Mount Pisgah Open Space

Mount Pisgah Open Space from directly overhead

Mount Pisgah Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mica Ledges, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Durham
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.44198, -72.67329

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Durham Town Green: 2.0 mi
  • Allyn Brook Park: 2.3 mi
  • Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
  • Guilford Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • Guida Farms Conservation Area: 4.5 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 60
Gardens
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.5 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Erin Street Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 59
Artworks: 49
Attractions: 45
  • Selectmen's Stones: 0.6 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 2.6 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 3.4 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.2 mi
  • Bear Cave: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 16
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Mount Pisgah Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainNNW 335°272 m8.3 mi
TrimountainWNW 290°232 m3.5 mi
Fowler MountainW 271°230 m3.5 mi
Beseck MountainNW 323°219 m6.2 mi
Pistapaug MountainWSW 258°210 m3.4 mi
Camels HumpNNW 333°207 m7.8 mi
Goose HillE 89°201 m5.6 mi
Bear HillNE 37°199 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/837192213

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