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Thompson Street Open Space

Thompson Street Open Space from directly overhead

Thompson Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Car Wreck, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68373, -72.50304

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 60
  • Car Wreck: 0.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 1.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 2.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 1.3 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Cascades: 4.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.5 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.2 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 3.8 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 4.2 mi
  • Rotary Field: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Rain Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 6
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Thompson Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckNE 42°273 m2.3 mi
John Tom HillNE 42°272 m2.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 209°265 m4.2 mi
Box HillNNE 17°252 m8.6 mi
Clark HillS 191°241 m6.2 mi
Post HillE 96°239 m8.5 mi
Lookout MountainN 10°237 m5.0 mi
Kongscut MountainN 3°234 m0.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438878

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