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Rye Park Homes Open Space

Rye Park Homes Open Space from directly overhead

Rye Park Homes Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wentworth Estates Open Space (2 Parcels), a nature reserve 0.4 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
Coordinates41.86384, -72.57206
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Tudor Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Day Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Cook Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Wickham Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 6.7 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.2 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 8.5 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 8.5 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.7 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Crow Point: 11.1 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Windham Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Rd: 23.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Rye Park Homes Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 43°322 m12.1 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 51°315 m10.5 mi
Paulk HillE 83°294 m9.6 mi
Kendall HillENE 70°290 m11.5 mi
Grant HillESE 109°284 m10.1 mi
Sugar HillENE 78°282 m10.5 mi
Talcott MountainWSW 253°276 m12.2 mi
Reed HillE 98°275 m8.8 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/43437444

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