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Tall Timbers Crossing Subdivision Open Space

Tall Timbers Crossing Subdivision Open Space from directly overhead

Tall Timbers Crossing Subdivision Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tall Timbers Detention Pond Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

Lot E-26; Lot S-44F

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69174, -72.57240

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rotary Field: 0.6 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 0.7 mi
  • Woodbridge Park: 1.5 mi
  • Clark Field: 1.8 mi
  • Hubbard Green Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 2.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 2.5 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.5 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 4.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.4 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 2.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 9.3 mi
  • South Wall: 12.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Tall Timbers Crossing Subdivision Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckENE 77°273 m5.3 mi
John Tom HillENE 77°272 m5.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 160°265 m4.5 mi
Box HillNE 38°252 m9.8 mi
Clark HillSSE 160°241 m7.1 mi
Lookout MountainNE 46°237 m6.3 mi
Kongscut MountainE 86°234 m3.6 mi
Birch MountainNE 49°233 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/947591108

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