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Summit Drive Open Space

Summit Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Summit Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85659, -72.33185

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 1.7 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 2.6 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 2.8 mi
  • River Road Park: 3.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 2.1 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.9 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 51
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 5.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 49
  • filled-in well: 6.2 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 11.2 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 12.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 17.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Summit Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNE 40°371 m10.7 mi
Snow HillNE 43°362 m9.2 mi
Lead Mine HillNE 46°361 m10.5 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 32°354 m9.7 mi
Chestnut HillN 353°332 m10.1 mi
Sky HillNE 47°331 m9.6 mi
Bald MountainNNW 337°322 m10.2 mi
Soapstone MountainNNW 330°315 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389909691

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