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Rambling Ridge Open Space

Rambling Ridge Open Space from directly overhead

Rambling Ridge Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Box Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Vernon
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.81152, -72.45679
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 1.5 mi
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 1.8 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions: 59
  • filled-in well: 1.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.9 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 8.3 mi
  • Car Wreck: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 54
  • sensory garden: 4.8 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi
  • Picnic: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Rambling Ridge Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainN 11°322 m12.7 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 12°315 m10.4 mi
Paulk HillNE 37°294 m6.0 mi
Whifford HillENE 61°291 m11.6 mi
Kendall HillNNE 33°290 m9.0 mi
Grant HillE 84°284 m3.6 mi
Sugar HillNE 37°282 m7.2 mi
Reed HillNE 50°275 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438855

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