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Shagbark Open Space

Shagbark Open Space from directly overhead

Shagbark Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayberry Hill Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72073, -72.54913

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 1.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.4 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.4 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.2 mi
  • Butler Field: 2.3 mi
  • Rotary Field: 2.3 mi
  • Welles Park: 3.0 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascades: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Heritage Herb Garden: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 3.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.1 mi
  • South Wall: 13.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 13.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Shagbark Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 51°284 m10.7 mi
MannantuckESE 102°273 m4.0 mi
John Tom HillESE 102°272 m4.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 177°265 m6.3 mi
Box HillNE 41°252 m7.5 mi
Clark HillS 172°241 m8.8 mi
Lookout MountainNE 54°237 m4.0 mi
Kongscut MountainSE 126°234 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/948007058

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