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South Street Open Space

South Street Open Space from directly overhead

South Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Henry Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85637, -72.44486

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Henry Park: 0.4 mi
  • West Main Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Central Park: 0.8 mi
  • Talcott Park: 0.9 mi
  • Saxony Mill Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.7 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.5 mi
  • dog memorial: 9.1 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • sensory garden: 1.7 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 54
  • filled-in well: 1.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 8.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.0 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 11.4 mi
  • Car Wreck: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 46
  • Hockanum Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
  • Picnic: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of South Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 24°332 m11.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 9°323 m12.4 mi
Bald MountainN 11°322 m9.5 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 13°315 m7.3 mi
Perkins MountainN 9°298 m11.7 mi
Paulk HillENE 61°294 m3.5 mi
Crow HillNNE 29°292 m10.8 mi
Whifford HillENE 76°291 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436628

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