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Saner Road Open Space

Saner Road Open Space from directly overhead

Saner Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the north, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickinson Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.63307, -72.48103
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Farley Field: 1.8 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.6 mi
  • Sears Park: 3.2 mi
  • Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 4.2 mi
  • Seamster Park: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 57
  • Insect Hotel: 2.7 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 3.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.8 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 3.9 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Cascade: 3.6 mi
  • The Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascades: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 9.1 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 12
Rest areas: 7
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Saner Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckN 5°273 m5.2 mi
John Tom HillN 5°272 m5.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainW 266°265 m3.2 mi
Clark HillSW 221°241 m3.5 mi
Post HillENE 70°239 m7.8 mi
Lookout MountainN 358°237 m8.4 mi
Kongscut MountainNNW 346°234 m4.5 mi
Birch MountainN 360°233 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437228

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