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Ruops Road Open Space

Ruops Road Open Space from directly overhead

Ruops Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87627, -72.33143

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 2.4 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.8 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 2.2 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 3.4 mi
  • North Cemetery: 3.6 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 3.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 51
  • filled-in well: 6.7 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 13.4 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Cascades: 5.1 mi
  • Cascades: 5.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 16.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 12.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Ruops Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNE 46°371 m9.7 mi
Snow HillNE 49°362 m8.2 mi
Lead Mine HillNE 52°361 m9.6 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 36°354 m8.6 mi
Chestnut HillN 352°332 m8.8 mi
Sky HillNE 54°331 m8.7 mi
Bald MountainNNW 333°322 m9.0 mi
Soapstone MountainNW 324°315 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389901486

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