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Spout Run Open Space

Spout Run Open Space from directly overhead

Spout Run Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the east-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gonch Farm Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 8.0 miles off.

Municipal, open to public without fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ledyard

How to reach it

Coordinates41.46780, -72.00039

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sawmill Park: 1.6 mi
  • Avery Pond Water Access: 2.2 mi
  • Aljen Heights: 2.6 mi
  • Model Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pfizer Field: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.3 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 3.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 5.5 mi
  • Miantonomo: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 45
Artworks: 25
Waterfalls: 25
Attractions: 23
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 4.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 4.1 mi
  • Large Glacial Erratic: 8.7 mi
  • The Whale: 9.2 mi
  • The Dark Manor Haunted House: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 20
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Factory Pond: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Spout Run Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainENE 58°163 m3.8 mi
Chapman HillENE 76°158 m7.4 mi
Barns HillENE 67°155 m4.7 mi
Bay MountainNE 41°152 m6.7 mi
Stewart HillE 84°149 m6.1 mi
Ayer HillENE 65°144 m2.4 mi
Wintechog HillE 97°139 m3.9 mi
Cossaduck HillE 88°139 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398151

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