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Timber Ridge Open Space

Timber Ridge Open Space from directly overhead

Timber Ridge Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Country View Estates Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.84216, -72.51572
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sand Hill / Nevers Park: 1.7 mi
  • Larry Duprey Field: 1.9 mi
  • Ayers Road Parcel: 2.3 mi
  • First Congregational Church of Vernon Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 4.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 59
  • filled-in well: 3.5 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.3 mi
  • Keney Tower: 9.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Crow Point: 10.7 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 15.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Timber Ridge Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 28°322 m11.7 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 33°315 m9.6 mi
Paulk HillENE 68°294 m7.2 mi
Kendall HillNE 55°290 m9.6 mi
Grant HillESE 105°284 m6.8 mi
Sugar HillENE 64°282 m8.2 mi
Reed HillE 88°275 m5.8 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 35°275 m11.6 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436809

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