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Thomas Drive Open Space

Thomas Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Thomas Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the north-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is John Löf Woodlands, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

Town Open Space (Thomas Drive); Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Mansfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.83186, -72.27069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.0 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 2.2 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 2.3 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 2.9 mi
  • Old root cellar: 3.0 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 4.1 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 42
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 42
Waterfalls: 35
  • Cascades: 1.5 mi
  • Cascades: 1.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 16.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 8.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Thomas Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillNNE 20°362 m9.0 mi
Lead Mine HillNNE 26°361 m10.0 mi
Hedgehog HillN 11°354 m10.2 mi
Sky HillNNE 26°331 m9.1 mi
Paulk HillWNW 300°294 m6.8 mi
Whifford HillN 8°291 m4.2 mi
Westford HillNE 35°290 m6.8 mi
Kendall HillNW 322°290 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/971835313

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