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Rainbow Hills Open Space

Rainbow Hills Open Space from directly overhead

Rainbow Hills Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Hill Estates Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.83101, -72.54796
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sand Hill / Nevers Park: 0.8 mi
  • Larry Duprey Field: 1.0 mi
  • Ayers Road Parcel: 1.1 mi
  • Northwest Park: 2.2 mi
  • Bernie Daley Memorial Field: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.2 mi
  • filled-in well: 5.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.8 mi
  • Keney Tower: 7.7 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 8.6 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 55
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Crow Point: 9.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Windham Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Rainbow Hills Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNE 38°315 m11.2 mi
Paulk HillENE 67°294 m9.0 mi
Kendall HillENE 57°290 m11.4 mi
Grant HillE 97°284 m8.3 mi
Sugar HillENE 64°282 m10.1 mi
Reed HillE 82°275 m7.6 mi
MannantuckSSE 155°273 m9.3 mi
John Tom HillSSE 155°272 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442488

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