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Old Forge Road Open Space

Old Forge Road Open Space from directly overhead

Old Forge Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Rocky Hill
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.64563, -72.63907
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 0.2 mi
  • Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 0.3 mi
  • Billings Manufacturing 1884: 0.3 mi
  • Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 0.3 mi
  • Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 0.3 mi
Waterfalls
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Center Green: 1.1 mi
  • Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 1.2 mi
  • Watrous Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ferry Landing Park: 1.5 mi
  • Shipyard Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 4.6 mi
  • Come On Over Wall: 5.3 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 6.1 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 6.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainSW 219°272 m8.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 102°265 m5.1 mi
Clark HillESE 121°241 m6.8 mi
Kongscut MountainENE 64°234 m7.9 mi
Raccoon HillESE 117°228 m5.4 mi
Great HillSE 136°222 m6.3 mi
Minnechaug MountainNE 50°215 m8.4 mi
Camels HumpSW 217°207 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1017702816

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