Nature reserve · Connecticut
Old Kings Highway Open Space
Old Kings Highway Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascades, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Shelton
How to reach it
Coordinates41.28347, -73.12554
- 2.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Gristmill Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Shelton Town Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Far Mill River Park: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Dexter Drive) 2 Parcels: 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear): 1.9 mi
Parks
- Pine Rock Park: 1.1 mi
- Huntington Green: 1.4 mi
- Tall Farm Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Far Mill River Park: 1.8 mi
- Capewell Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Isinglass Hill: 1.1 mi
- Long Hill: 1.6 mi
- Coram Hill: 2.4 mi
- Walnut Tree Hill: 2.8 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.8 mi
Gardens
- Eklund Garden: 1.4 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 3.4 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Yale Landscape Lab: 7.1 mi
Museums
- Trumbull Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Americana Museum: 3.4 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 3.4 mi
- Model Railroad Museum: 3.5 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
- The Vine Sign: 3.3 mi
- Witek Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 4.8 mi
Beaches
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 6.3 mi
- Silver Beach: 6.4 mi
- Walnut Beach: 6.6 mi
- Gulf Beach: 6.6 mi
- Silver Sands: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 36
- Cascades: 0.4 mi
- Cascade: 0.6 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 2.1 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 3.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 22
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.3 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 6.8 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 11.8 mi
- Millstone: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 21
- Mother Mary: 2.5 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 3.4 mi
- Heron: 4.1 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Forbes Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 18.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 18.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 21.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Picnic Grove: 5.8 mi
- Pond View: 6.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 6.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Tongue Point Light: 8.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 9.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 9.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 9.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 19.1 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 11.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Pleasure Beach: 8.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Old Kings Highway Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 2° | 231 m | 8.2 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 356° | 223 m | 9.9 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NNW 330° | 206 m | 9.2 mi |
| Great Hill | N 5° | 202 m | 5.5 mi |
| Barn Hill | NW 324° | 200 m | 5.2 mi |
| Moose Hill | NW 309° | 198 m | 5.4 mi |
| Israel Hill | NW 318° | 192 m | 4.2 mi |
| Rockhouse Hill | N 354° | 192 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1010640542
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