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School Street Open Space

School Street Open Space from directly overhead

School Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Linares Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Manchester

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76824, -72.50569

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Munro Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 0.7 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Center Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Wyllys Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.0 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 59
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 5.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNE 38°294 m9.9 mi
Grant HillENE 61°284 m7.0 mi
Sugar HillNE 38°282 m11.1 mi
Reed HillNE 45°275 m7.5 mi
MannantuckSSE 158°273 m4.4 mi
John Tom HillSSE 157°272 m4.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 191°265 m9.7 mi
Box HillNE 48°252 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1060179664

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