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Terry Road Open Space

Terry Road Open Space from directly overhead

Terry Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Dolbeare Hill stands 162 m to the west-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Norman Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ledyard
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.43224, -72.07431

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Donahue Property: 0.6 mi
  • Christy Hill Field: 0.7 mi
  • Erickson Park: 1.3 mi
  • Judge Crandall Field: 1.5 mi
  • Pfizer Field: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 55
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Silver Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 20
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 3.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Factory Pond: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Terry Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dolbeare HillWNW 293°162 m6.0 mi
Sharp HillWNW 288°149 m4.2 mi
Crandall HillWNW 299°137 m3.2 mi
Comstock HillNW 316°137 m5.1 mi
Ridge HillW 268°134 m6.1 mi
Church HillENE 66°120 m4.1 mi
Lynch HillWNW 302°115 m3.9 mi
Konomoc HillWSW 249°112 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1215:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1056541325

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