North River Road Open Space
North River Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Way Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Broad Way Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Broadway Meadow Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Merrow Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Hannah Lane Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Weigold Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Laidlaw Park: 0.8 mi
- Merrow Meadow Park: 2.2 mi
- Lisicke Beach: 3.1 mi
- Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
- Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 1.4 mi
- Grant Hill: 1.7 mi
- Riley Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Reed Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pinney Hill: 3.6 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 2.7 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.6 mi
- dog memorial: 5.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.4 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 3.4 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 3.4 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 5.2 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 5.4 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 5.7 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 5.3 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.3 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 5.3 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 5.4 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 5.4 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.2 mi
- filled-in well: 4.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 8.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 10.0 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 11.0 mi
- Insect Hotel: 12.0 mi
- Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 5.5 mi
- Codfish Falls: 6.6 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 6.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 8.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Crow Point: 15.7 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 3.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 7.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 13.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 21.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 8.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 18.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.7 mi
- Picnic: 19.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of North River Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soapstone Mountain | NNW 343° | 315 m | 9.8 mi |
| Paulk Hill | NNW 338° | 294 m | 4.3 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NE 46° | 291 m | 6.9 mi |
| Kendall Hill | N 357° | 290 m | 6.8 mi |
| Westford Hill | NE 53° | 290 m | 10.4 mi |
| Grant Hill | WSW 256° | 284 m | 1.7 mi |
| Sugar Hill | N 351° | 282 m | 5.0 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 303° | 275 m | 2.9 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 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349082206
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 3 mi
- Storrs · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 10 mi
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Somers · 12 mi
- Union · 15 mi
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