Stone Mill Road Open Space
Stone Mill Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Sky Hill stands 331 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Michael's Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.
Municipal, open to public without fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mansfield
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 9.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Michael's Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Torrey Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Lorraine Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Hanks Corner Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Philip Drive Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Old root cellar: 0.2 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 1.1 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 2.4 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 5.3 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 1.2 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 1.3 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 1.8 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 2.0 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 1.3 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 1.9 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 2.6 mi
- Southeast Park: 2.8 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 1.4 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 1.6 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 2.1 mi
- Ball Hill: 2.8 mi
- Tower Hill: 3.2 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 1.3 mi
- U’s and C’s: 1.4 mi
- Copper Tower: 1.4 mi
- The Fallen: 1.7 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 1.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 1.1 mi
- Cascades: 3.3 mi
- Cascades: 3.3 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 5.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 11.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 3.5 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 7.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 8.4 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 9.6 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 1.8 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 1.9 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 1.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 5.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 13.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 17.7 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 19.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 1.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.9 mi
- Crow Point: 21.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 11.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 5.8 mi
- Picnic: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Stone Mill Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Hill | N 7° | 331 m | 9.9 mi |
| Paulk Hill | WNW 300° | 294 m | 9.9 mi |
| Whifford Hill | NNW 340° | 291 m | 6.1 mi |
| Westford Hill | N 10° | 290 m | 7.3 mi |
| Grant Hill | W 274° | 284 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NW 307° | 282 m | 9.8 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNW 346° | 275 m | 7.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | WNW 285° | 275 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43398164
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 2 mi
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Tolland · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 13 mi
- Union · 13 mi
- Woodstock · 15 mi
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