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Stony Brook Farm Open Space

Stony Brook Farm Open Space from directly overhead

Stony Brook Farm Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickerel Lake, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Colchester
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.53271, -72.43161

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
  • Nichols Field: 1.1 mi
  • Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
  • Fireman's Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Connor's Way: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Gingers Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Rain Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 4.7 mi
  • Major General Joseph Spencer: 5.1 mi
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 5.3 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 5.6 mi
  • Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 7.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Waterfalls: 55
Attractions: 44
  • Mill Turbine: 1.4 mi
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 3.8 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 5.0 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 6.1 mi
  • grindstone: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 44
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Old Spring: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Stony Brook Farm Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meshomasic MountainNW 320°265 m8.8 mi
Clark HillNW 312°241 m6.5 mi
Raccoon HillNW 312°228 m8.0 mi
Great HillWNW 297°222 m7.2 mi
Baker HillNW 322°204 m4.8 mi
Goose HillSW 228°201 m9.3 mi
Bear HillW 265°199 m8.3 mi
Mack HillN 9°198 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/961754669

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