Shelton Open Space
Shelton Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Ten Coat Lane, Rear), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Shelton
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space (Ten Coat Lane, Rear): 0.4 mi
- Wiacek Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Shelton Lakes Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Tahmore Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Osbornedale State Park: 0.9 mi
- Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 0.8 mi
- Riverview Park: 1.0 mi
- Coon Hollow Park: 1.0 mi
- Pine Lot Fields: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 0.9 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Americana Museum: 6.5 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 6.5 mi
- Windy Hill: 1.9 mi
- Lower White Hills: 2.0 mi
- Great Hill: 2.3 mi
- Upper White Hills: 2.4 mi
- Coram Hill: 2.9 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.3 mi
- The Vine Sign: 2.4 mi
- Witek Memorial: 2.5 mi
- The Castle: 4.9 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 5.1 mi
- Zoar Beach: 4.7 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 6.7 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 9.0 mi
- Gulf Beach: 9.1 mi
- Silver Beach: 9.2 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Eklund Garden: 1.8 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 6.5 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 8.2 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 0.7 mi
- Cascade: 2.6 mi
- Cascades: 3.5 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 4.9 mi
- Cascade: 5.0 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.2 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.3 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
- Millstone: 9.1 mi
- Millstone: 9.2 mi
- Mother Mary: 5.2 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 6.5 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 6.5 mi
- Heron: 6.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 15.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.9 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.8 mi
- Pond View: 6.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 6.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 11.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 12.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 12.3 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Shelton Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 0° | 231 m | 5.0 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 351° | 223 m | 6.8 mi |
| Towantic Hill | N 4° | 219 m | 9.2 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NW 314° | 206 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 340° | 205 m | 8.1 mi |
| Great Hill | N 3° | 202 m | 2.3 mi |
| Tobys Rock Mountain | NNE 16° | 201 m | 9.2 mi |
| Barn Hill | WNW 287° | 200 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1007659804
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 28 mi
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