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Somers Road Open Space

Somers Road Open Space from directly overhead

Somers Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Landing Open Space, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.94809, -72.43941

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Somers Common: 2.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 3.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Arbor Park: 3.4 mi
  • North Cemetery: 4.1 mi
Museums
Gardens: 60
  • sensory garden: 4.7 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 11.3 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 11.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Sorry Rock: 10.7 mi
  • The Three Graces: 11.4 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 13.1 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 13.1 mi
  • Horton Court: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 53
  • Goat Rock: 7.8 mi
  • filled-in well: 7.9 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 12.5 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.9 mi
  • Cascades: 12.4 mi
  • Cascades: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Rd: 20.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Somers Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillE 88°362 m11.8 mi
Hedgehog HillE 79°354 m10.8 mi
Tupper HillNE 56°352 m10.4 mi
Bear HillNE 56°347 m10.7 mi
Moss HillENE 57°341 m11.2 mi
Peck HillNE 44°336 m10.1 mi
Chestnut HillNE 49°332 m5.7 mi
Moon MountainNNE 25°330 m9.6 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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344570136

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