Old Tolland Turnpike Open Space
Old Tolland Turnpike Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastview Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Coventry
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastview Drive Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Boston Turnpike: 0.5 mi
- Carver Lane Open Space: 0.8 mi
- North River Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Windswept Way Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Riley Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Cassidy Hill: 3.0 mi
- Grant Hill: 3.3 mi
- Ball Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lisicke Beach: 0.7 mi
- Laidlaw Park: 1.7 mi
- Merrow Meadow Park: 2.2 mi
- Patriots Park: 2.2 mi
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.2 mi
- dog memorial: 2.8 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.8 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 5.1 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.1 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 3.9 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 4.2 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 4.6 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 4.7 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 4.1 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 4.1 mi
- The Walking Wall: 4.1 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 4.2 mi
- The Walking Wall: 4.2 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 4.1 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.1 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 4.2 mi
- Wolf Rock: 6.6 mi
- filled-in well: 6.6 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 8.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 10.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.9 mi
- Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 5.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 7.7 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 8.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Coney Rock: 6.8 mi
- Crow Point: 15.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.8 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.5 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 19.9 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 22.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 7.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 17.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.1 mi
- Picnic: 20.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Old Tolland Turnpike Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NNW 335° | 294 m | 6.6 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NNE 29° | 291 m | 7.7 mi |
| Kendall Hill | N 350° | 290 m | 8.9 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 299° | 284 m | 3.3 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NNW 344° | 282 m | 7.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | NW 315° | 275 m | 5.1 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNE 27° | 275 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mannantuck | SW 231° | 273 m | 9.4 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 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349087010
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 4 mi
- Tolland · 6 mi
- Willimantic · 8 mi
- East Windsor · 14 mi
- Somers · 14 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
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