Salster Open Space
Salster Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hebron Avenue Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hebron Avenue Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Longo Farm Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Toll Brothers Open Space: 0.3 mi
- L. Longo Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Vinnick Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Mannantuck: 0.9 mi
- John Tom Hill: 0.9 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Birch Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hay Tedder: 2.0 mi
- Car Wreck: 2.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.2 mi
- Insect Hotel: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.1 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.3 mi
- Butler Field: 2.5 mi
- West Road Memorial Field: 3.1 mi
- Mount Nebo Park: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Street Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 3.5 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 4.1 mi
- The Fire Museum: 4.3 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 4.5 mi
- Museum on the Green: 6.1 mi
- Frog: 4.0 mi
- Sorry Rock: 5.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.9 mi
- Equality: 9.3 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 9.6 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 5.7 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 7.4 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 7.7 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 7.9 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 1.8 mi
- Cascade: 1.9 mi
- Case Falls: 3.6 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 3.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 4.9 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.5 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 6.7 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.7 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.8 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.9 mi
- Crow Point: 6.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.5 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 22.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 2.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Salster Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NE 36° | 284 m | 9.1 mi |
| Reed Hill | NNE 26° | 275 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mannantuck | E 98° | 273 m | 0.9 mi |
| John Tom Hill | E 97° | 272 m | 0.9 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSW 206° | 265 m | 6.2 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 16° | 252 m | 6.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSW 193° | 241 m | 8.2 mi |
| Post Hill | ESE 109° | 239 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/951327590
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 13 mi
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Storrs · 14 mi
- Willimantic · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
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