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Shelley Lane Open Space

Shelley Lane Open Space from directly overhead

Shelley Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Hill Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72794, -72.59186

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Addison Park: 0.5 mi
  • Welles Park: 0.8 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 1.1 mi
  • Millbrook Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Richard H. Ross Field: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Constitution Oak: 3.3 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 3.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.1 mi
  • Keney Tower: 5.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 4.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 2.0 mi
  • Flag Rock: 8.6 mi
  • South Wall: 11.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Shelley Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckESE 102°273 m6.3 mi
John Tom HillESE 102°272 m6.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 159°265 m7.2 mi
Box HillNE 54°252 m8.8 mi
Clark HillSSE 160°241 m9.8 mi
Lookout MountainENE 71°237 m5.8 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 116°234 m5.1 mi
Birch MountainENE 75°233 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278767

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