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Shenipsit Street Open Space

Shenipsit Street Open Space from directly overhead

Shenipsit Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is sensory garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.88095, -72.44217

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • sensory garden: 0.1 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Talcott Park: 0.9 mi
  • Central Park: 1.0 mi
  • West Main Street Park: 1.2 mi
  • Henry Park: 1.3 mi
  • Saxony Mill Park: 1.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.9 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.9 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 9.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 51
  • filled-in well: 3.3 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 9.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 10.6 mi
  • Goat Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Hockanum Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 8.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Rd: 24.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
  • Picnic: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Shenipsit Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 28°332 m9.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 10°323 m10.7 mi
Bald MountainNNE 12°322 m7.8 mi
Pine MountainN 10°319 m11.4 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 16°315 m5.6 mi
Bald MountainN 11°303 m11.0 mi
Perkins MountainN 9°298 m10.0 mi
Paulk HillE 90°294 m2.9 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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/819635295

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