Mountainside Open Space
Mountainside Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Seymour Mountain stands 517 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is White Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Winchester
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- White Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Brook Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Tatro Pond Open Space: 0.7 mi
- North Main Street Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Gilbert Avenue Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Wallens Hill: 0.8 mi
- Spencer Hill: 1.5 mi
- Panorama Hill: 3.2 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Babb Hill: 3.7 mi
- American Mural Project: 1.0 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 1.6 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 2.7 mi
- Old School House Museum: 4.3 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Rowley Fields: 1.3 mi
- Walker Field: 1.3 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Monument: 1.5 mi
- Town Park: 1.6 mi
- Resha Beach: 2.0 mi
- Hermit memorial: 4.4 mi
- Jones Memorial: 5.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.9 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 9.1 mi
- John R. Bierman: 10.3 mi
- Tunxis Falls: 2.1 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Beulah Falls: 4.8 mi
- Burr Falls: 4.9 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 2.2 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 2.7 mi
- 4 towns meet: 3.3 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 5.1 mi
- Indian Council Caves: 6.2 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 13.5 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 17.4 mi
- Angel of Independence: 18.6 mi
- Cow: 18.8 mi
- The Globe: 18.8 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.5 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Perennial Garden: 18.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.2 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 1.9 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 7.5 mi
- The Beech: 9.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 9.4 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 9.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 2.1 mi
- Babbs Beach: 16.6 mi
- County Beach: 17.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 19.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 2.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 2.6 mi
- Big Spring: 2.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 23.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
- Questing: 16.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Mountainside Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Mountain | NNW 342° | 517 m | 8.9 mi |
| Dodds Mountain | NNW 339° | 516 m | 9.9 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WNW 300° | 510 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | WNW 291° | 506 m | 8.0 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NW 313° | 499 m | 9.6 mi |
| Dennis Hill | W 277° | 496 m | 7.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 287° | 484 m | 7.3 mi |
| Riggs Hill | W 262° | 480 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1340655904
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 17 mi
- Blandford · 18 mi
- Otis · 18 mi
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Chester · 24 mi
- Great Barrington · 24 mi
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