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Saint Johns Place Open Space

Saint Johns Place Open Space from directly overhead

Saint Johns Place Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.89743, -72.78293

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Curtiss Park: 0.2 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 0.2 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 0.3 mi
  • Commencement Lawn: 0.9 mi
  • Sixth Form Lawn: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Williams Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Hatchett Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Eastern Barndoor Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Western Barndoor Hill: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 1.2 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 2.0 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 2.3 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.2 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 3.4 mi
Museums
Artworks: 55
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.7 mi
  • Cow: 5.7 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 6.2 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 6.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 2.2 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 2.2 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 2.6 mi
  • Boehm house site: 2.9 mi
  • King Philip's Cave: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 53
Gardens: 51
  • Perennial Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Shade Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Primary Garden: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 8.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 9.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 13.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Saint Johns Place Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 304°421 m9.1 mi
Washington HillWNW 300°359 m7.8 mi
Ratlum MountainW 265°358 m7.5 mi
Breezy HillW 259°327 m8.2 mi
Pine ConeNW 309°323 m5.8 mi
West LedgeW 270°305 m4.7 mi
Jones MountainW 259°294 m10.1 mi
Talcott MountainS 188°276 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436871

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