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Rockledge Drive Open Space

Rockledge Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Rockledge Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Polomski Parcel, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Andover
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.71545, -72.36394
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 1.6 mi
  • Columbia Recreation Park: 2.4 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 2.6 mi
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
  • Columbia Volunteer Fire Department Field: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 51
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.7 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 3.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Thread City Family Garden: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.2 mi
  • Grayville Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Eagle Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.0 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 7.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 7.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Rockledge Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillN 350°284 m7.1 mi
Reed HillNNW 348°275 m9.2 mi
MannantuckW 265°273 m5.6 mi
John Tom HillW 265°272 m5.6 mi
Meshomasic MountainWSW 237°265 m10.9 mi
Box HillNW 322°252 m7.6 mi
Post HillSSE 157°239 m3.3 mi
Lookout MountainWNW 294°237 m6.9 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 °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082320

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