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Ridge Road Open Space

Ridge Road Open Space from directly overhead

Ridge Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Holbrook Pond Boat Launch, a park 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space (Ridge Road)

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hebron
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.67186, -72.36615
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 1.2 mi
  • Columbia Recreation Park: 2.8 mi
  • Mono Pond Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 52
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 1.4 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 3.0 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Eagle Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.9 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.2 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 7.6 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Grayville Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Ridge Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillN 354°284 m10.1 mi
MannantuckWNW 295°273 m6.1 mi
John Tom HillWNW 295°272 m6.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainWSW 252°265 m9.6 mi
Box HillNNW 333°252 m10.1 mi
Clark HillWSW 237°241 m9.8 mi
Post HillE 91°239 m1.4 mi
Lookout MountainNW 313°237 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438390

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