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Rolling Park Open Space

Rolling Park Open Space from directly overhead

Rolling Park Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blast & Cast Club, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.86597, -72.56418
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Peaks
  • Tudor Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Day Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Cook Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Toby Hill: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 4.1 mi
  • filled-in well: 6.4 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.6 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 8.7 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 8.7 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Crow Point: 11.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 6
  • Windham Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Rd: 23.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Rolling Park Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 42°322 m11.7 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 50°315 m10.1 mi
Paulk HillE 83°294 m9.2 mi
Kendall HillENE 70°290 m11.0 mi
Grant HillESE 110°284 m9.7 mi
Sugar HillE 79°282 m10.1 mi
Reed HillE 100°275 m8.5 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 49°275 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439000

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