Nature reserve · Connecticut
Richard Brown Drive Open Space
Richard Brown Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Frances Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Montville
How to reach it
Coordinates41.49193, -72.10476
- 9.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 13.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Frances Street Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Avery Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Forest Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
- PTA Lane Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Great Plain Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
Parks
- Trading Cove Association: 0.8 mi
- Fort Shantok Park: 1.6 mi
- Thamesville Playground: 1.6 mi
- Elizabeth Street Park: 2.1 mi
- The Marina at American Wharf: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Crow Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mohegan Hill: 1.3 mi
- Schoolhouse Hill: 1.3 mi
- Long Rock: 1.4 mi
- Cochegan Hill: 1.6 mi
Museums
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 1.2 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 1.3 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 3.3 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 3.3 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 2.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Miantonomo: 4.8 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 50
- Kiddie's Beach: 10.3 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 10.7 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 11.3 mi
- Groton Beach: 11.5 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 40
- River Blue: 0.8 mi
- Muffler Man: 2.1 mi
- Nevertheless: 2.7 mi
- Promised Day: 2.7 mi
- Sparky: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 38
- Yantic Falls: 3.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 8.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 34
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.5 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 7.9 mi
- The Whale: 9.5 mi
- turtle rock: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 26
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.8 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.8 mi
- Laurel Walk: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Candlewood Ledge: 14.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 21.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 1.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 18.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 9.6 mi
- Powder House: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 24.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 7.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Johnsonville Village: 18.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Richard Brown Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | WSW 252° | 182 m | 5.3 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | W 262° | 171 m | 6.2 mi |
| Raymond Hill | W 272° | 170 m | 3.8 mi |
| Scott Hill | NW 304° | 165 m | 6.8 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | WSW 246° | 162 m | 4.3 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | NNW 331° | 153 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 311° | 152 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bashon Hill | NW 314° | 152 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/984772587
Day trips start here
- Montville · 3 mi
- Norwich · 4 mi
- Preston · 5 mi
- Ledyard · 6 mi
- New London · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
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