Nature reserve · Connecticut

Red Hill Open Space

Red Hill Open Space from directly overhead

Red Hill Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Geary Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Town of Glastonbury

Getting there

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Coordinates41.67471, -72.60783

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Red Hill: 0.2 mi
Rocky Hill: 1.6 mi
Belltown Hill: 2.7 mi
Hang-Dog Hill: 3.0 mi
Town Woods Hill: 3.1 mi

Museums

Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 0.5 mi
Academy Hall Museum: 1.7 mi
Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 1.7 mi
Museum on the Green: 1.8 mi
Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 3.0 mi

Parks

Ferry Landing Park: 1.2 mi
Ferry Park: 1.3 mi
Woodbridge Park: 1.3 mi
Shipyard Park: 1.4 mi
Grange Pool: 1.4 mi

Historic sites

Graffiti Arches: 1.4 mi
9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
Slocomb Mill: 1.6 mi
David Johnson Memorial Statue: 2.0 mi
Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 2.0 mi

Waterfalls

Cascades: 1.4 mi
Dividend Falls: 2.4 mi
Carr Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
The Cascade: 6.1 mi
Mill Pond Falls: 6.5 mi

Attractions

Constitution Oak: 3.4 mi
Hay Tedder: 4.6 mi
Car Wreck: 5.3 mi
State Forest Quarry #1: 6.5 mi
Nike Missile Site: 6.5 mi

Artworks

Face in Tree: 4.8 mi
Frog: 5.0 mi
CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 5.5 mi
Equality: 6.4 mi
The Circuit Rider: 6.7 mi

Gardens54

Heritage Herb Garden: 3.5 mi
Colonial Revival Garden: 3.5 mi
Wethersfield Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
Frank Weston Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
Cromwell Community Garden: 5.9 mi

Cliffs21

Crow Point: 2.3 mi
Flag Rock: 11.5 mi
Green Wall: 11.8 mi
South Wall: 11.8 mi
Porcupine Hole: 11.8 mi

Beaches8

Lake Beseck Beach: 12.8 mi
Dossin Park Beach: 15.9 mi
Mattatuck Beach: 19.7 mi
Halls Pond Beach: 20.3 mi
Sandy Beach: 21.5 mi

Rest areas5

Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.9 mi
Southington Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 17.3 mi
West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.0 mi
West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Gay City State Park: 9.4 mi
Johnsonville Village: 14.7 mi

Springs1

Windham Spring: 21.2 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Grove: 22.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Red Hill Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mannantuck	ENE 71°	273 m	7.3 mi
John Tom Hill	ENE 71°	272 m	7.4 mi
Meshomasic Mountain	SE 133°	265 m	4.6 mi
Clark Hill	SE 142°	241 m	6.9 mi
Lookout Mountain	NE 49°	237 m	8.4 mi
Kongscut Mountain	ENE 75°	234 m	5.6 mi
Birch Mountain	NE 51°	233 m	8.3 mi
Raccoon Hill	SE 144°	228 m	5.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:55	18:26	19:03
June solstice	05:17	19:47	20:29
September equinox	06:38	18:13	18:50
December solstice	07:15	15:39	16:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	29	31	39	50	61	70	75	74	66	54	43	34
Precip in	2.9	2.6	3.5	3.8	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.5	4.0	4.2	3.4	3.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278753

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