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South Road Open Space

South Road Open Space from directly overhead

South Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Enfield Historical Society, a museum 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Town Open Space (South Road East Of I-91)

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Enfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.98268, -72.58579

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • D'Aleo Park: 1.3 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 1.3 mi
  • Powder Hollow Park: 2.1 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Hazardville Playground: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 3.4 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.4 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 4.5 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 5.2 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Back Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.2 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 6.5 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 7.6 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 8.2 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 8.2 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 51
  • New England Sky Screamer: 4.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.0 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.0 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.0 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 37
Cliffs: 16
  • Indian Leap: 13.3 mi
  • Flag Rock: 15.1 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 17.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 17.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 15.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 4.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of South Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 83°332 m11.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 69°323 m9.8 mi
Bald MountainE 86°322 m9.0 mi
Pine MountainENE 66°319 m10.3 mi
Soapstone MountainE 100°315 m9.0 mi
Bald MountainENE 68°303 m10.2 mi
Perkins MountainENE 72°298 m9.5 mi
Paulk HillSE 124°294 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439422

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