Peake Brook Road Open Space
Peake Brook Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Beeches Recreation Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 1.3 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Putnam
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.9 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beeches Recreation Park: 0.3 mi
- Providence Street Park: 1.0 mi
- Dr. Robert R. Johnston Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.2 mi
- Robert J. Miller Park: 1.2 mi
- Bartholomew Hill: 0.3 mi
- Hospital Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bates Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.1 mi
- Davis Hill: 2.2 mi
- Keech Street Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Little River Greenway: 0.8 mi
- Chase Street Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Durand Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Travis Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Pineville Mill: 4.9 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 6.6 mi
- Dudley Fire Department Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Beresik Square: 8.3 mi
- Harriet K. Crawford Memorial Tree: 8.3 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.3 mi
- Frog Rock: 7.4 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 16.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 16.5 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 5.4 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 8.8 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 13.6 mi
- Motion: 12.8 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 18.2 mi
- U’s and C’s: 18.3 mi
- Copper Tower: 18.3 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 18.5 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 8.3 mi
- Wescott Beach: 12.4 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 14.0 mi
- YWCA Beach: 14.1 mi
- Flynns Beach: 14.3 mi
- Cargill Falls: 1.3 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 14.5 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 16.2 mi
- Codfish Falls: 16.9 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Small House Garden: 15.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 15.2 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 18.5 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 18.6 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 11.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 17.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.0 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 24.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 5.3 mi
- Picnic: 10.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Peake Brook Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | WNW 293° | 283 m | 5.0 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | WNW 295° | 281 m | 5.7 mi |
| Aplin Hill | WNW 291° | 276 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bungee Hill | WNW 290° | 269 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bradford Hill | WNW 294° | 267 m | 6.3 mi |
| Thunder Hill | WNW 289° | 265 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ragged Hill | WSW 252° | 265 m | 5.5 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | W 262° | 265 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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