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Swamp Road Open Space

Swamp Road Open Space from directly overhead

Swamp Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ash Brook Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Coventry
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.78814, -72.38962
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Indian Notch Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 2.1 mi
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • dog memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.5 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 5.1 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 54
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • sensory garden: 6.9 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 53
  • filled-in well: 4.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.3 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 9.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 9.2 mi
  • Car Wreck: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • Case Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.6 mi
  • Cascades: 5.7 mi
  • Cascades: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
  • Picnic: 22.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 10.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Swamp Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillN 2°294 m6.4 mi
Whifford HillNE 43°291 m9.8 mi
Kendall HillN 9°290 m9.3 mi
Grant HillN 4°284 m2.0 mi
Sugar HillN 7°282 m7.4 mi
Reed HillN 351°275 m4.0 mi
Parker MountainNE 40°275 m11.0 mi
MannantuckSW 218°273 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:22

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349082193

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