Mountain Street Open Space
Mountain Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north-northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Shenipsit Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ellington
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shenipsit Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Stickney Hill Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Shenipsit Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Mountain Street: 0.8 mi
- Bronisz Drive Open Space: 1.2 mi
- sensory garden: 0.4 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 3.7 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 9.3 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 9.3 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 9.4 mi
- Talcott Park: 0.6 mi
- Central Park: 0.7 mi
- West Main Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Henry Park: 0.9 mi
- Saxony Mill Park: 1.4 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 0.7 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 2.7 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 3.7 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 3.7 mi
- East Windsor Historical Society Museum: 7.4 mi
- Fox Hill: 0.8 mi
- Paulk Hill: 2.8 mi
- Reed Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sugar Hill: 3.8 mi
- Newell Hill: 4.6 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 3.6 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.9 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Sorry Rock: 5.8 mi
- The Walking Wall: 10.6 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 10.6 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 10.7 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 10.7 mi
- filled-in well: 2.9 mi
- The Dreamyard: 9.5 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 10.2 mi
- Hay Tedder: 12.7 mi
- Goat Rock: 12.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 0.5 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 4.3 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 7.9 mi
- Case Falls: 8.2 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 8.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 13.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Crow Point: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 12.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.5 mi
- Babbs Beach: 19.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.0 mi
- Rd: 24.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
- Picnic: 20.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mountain Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 26° | 332 m | 9.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 9° | 323 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 11° | 322 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 9° | 319 m | 11.8 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | NNE 14° | 315 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 10° | 303 m | 11.4 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | N 9° | 298 m | 10.4 mi |
| Paulk Hill | E 81° | 294 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349366513
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 4 mi
- East Windsor · 7 mi
- Somers · 8 mi
- Storrs · 11 mi
- Hampden · 13 mi
- Longmeadow · 14 mi
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