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Smut Pond Open Space

Smut Pond Open Space from directly overhead

Smut Pond Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Betty Brown Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

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

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.66956, -72.56933

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Matson Hill Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Grange Pool: 0.8 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 1.3 mi
  • Rotary Field: 2.1 mi
  • Woodbridge Park: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 0.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • The Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Carr Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 3.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.5 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.2 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 5.3 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 3.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 10.4 mi
  • South Wall: 13.7 mi
  • Solar Panel: 13.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Smut Pond Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 61°273 m5.7 mi
John Tom HillENE 61°272 m5.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 153°265 m3.1 mi
Clark HillSSE 156°241 m5.6 mi
Lookout MountainNE 36°237 m7.3 mi
Kongscut MountainENE 62°234 m3.9 mi
Birch MountainNE 39°233 m7.1 mi
Whites HillNE 40°231 m9.2 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 solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/949278886

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