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Shenipsit Lake Road Open Space

Shenipsit Lake Road Open Space from directly overhead

Shenipsit Lake Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Shafran Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89309, -72.41658

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • North Cemetery: 1.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 1.4 mi
  • Talcott Park: 2.3 mi
  • Central Park: 2.4 mi
  • Arbor Park: 2.5 mi
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 1.5 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 10.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.2 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 6.5 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 8.3 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 10.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 45
  • filled-in well: 4.4 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 11.1 mi
  • Goat Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 11.9 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Hockanum Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 8.9 mi
  • Cascades: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Rd: 24.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.2 mi
  • Picnic: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Shenipsit Lake Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillENE 68°362 m11.4 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 59°354 m11.1 mi
Chestnut HillNNE 23°332 m8.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 3°323 m9.7 mi
Bald MountainN 2°322 m6.8 mi
Pine MountainN 4°319 m10.4 mi
Soapstone MountainN 2°315 m4.6 mi
Bald MountainN 4°303 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366548

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