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Olds & Whipple Pond Open Space

Olds & Whipple Pond Open Space from directly overhead

Olds & Whipple Pond Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Pine Cone stands 323 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.90082, -72.64754

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Juniper Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lancaster Park: 0.9 mi
  • Green Manor Park: 1.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Belaire Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Lighthouse Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Day Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Birges Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Cook Hill: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Back Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 58
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 4.0 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 4.0 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 4.0 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.5 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.8 mi
  • Northgate Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Westledge Trail Cascades: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 11.3 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 11.3 mi
  • Garden Wall: 11.4 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.3 mi
  • Rd: 20.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Olds & Whipple Pond Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine ConeWNW 286°323 m12.0 mi
West LedgeW 269°305 m11.6 mi
Talcott MountainSW 232°276 m9.9 mi
Box HillSE 124°252 m12.0 mi
Ely MoundSW 227°246 m11.0 mi
Weed HillWNW 284°241 m11.0 mi
Broad HillWNW 289°238 m11.1 mi
Fox HillESE 104°200 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436135

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