Tanglewood Open Space
Tanglewood Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Greentree Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Greentree Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Brook Street Bog: 0.4 mi
- Eastbury School Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Stanley Drive Streambelt: 0.5 mi
- Buckingham Island Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Hay Tedder: 0.5 mi
- Car Wreck: 2.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.5 mi
- Insect Hotel: 4.6 mi
- Constitution Oak: 6.1 mi
- Butler Field: 1.1 mi
- Rotary Field: 2.5 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.5 mi
- Orchard Hill Club: 2.9 mi
- Addison Park: 2.9 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 1.3 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bush Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mannantuck: 3.2 mi
- Frog: 2.5 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.9 mi
- Sorry Rock: 6.8 mi
- Equality: 7.3 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 7.7 mi
- Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 4.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 4.5 mi
- Case Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 3.5 mi
- Museum on the Green: 3.7 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 4.0 mi
- The Fire Museum: 4.1 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 4.2 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 3.7 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 5.5 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 5.6 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 5.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 5.8 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.8 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.9 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.0 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 6.1 mi
- Crow Point: 4.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.4 mi
- South Wall: 14.3 mi
- Solar Panel: 14.3 mi
- Superstructure: 14.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 16.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 20.2 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Tanglewood Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | E 86° | 273 m | 3.2 mi |
| John Tom Hill | E 86° | 272 m | 3.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 184° | 265 m | 5.2 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 32° | 252 m | 7.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | S 176° | 241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Post Hill | ESE 103° | 239 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 37° | 237 m | 4.3 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 112° | 234 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/948007079
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Storrs · 16 mi
- Willimantic · 16 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
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