Town Farm Road Open Space
Town Farm Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.2 miles off.
Municipal, open to public without fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ledyard
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 17.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Meetinghouse Lane Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Gallup Hill Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Deer Lane Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Burton Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Model Park: 0.6 mi
- Sawmill Park: 1.3 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 3.0 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 3.6 mi
- River Road Park: 3.9 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 0.9 mi
- Cider Hill: 0.9 mi
- Gallup Hill: 1.4 mi
- Church Hill: 2.3 mi
- Lantern Hill: 2.3 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 1.0 mi
- Cellar Hole: 2.2 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 4.9 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 4.9 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 5.0 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.3 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 3.0 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 4.4 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 4.9 mi
- Children's Museum: 4.9 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 5.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 6.1 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 7.5 mi
- Groton Beach: 7.6 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 7.7 mi
- Stone Turtle: 1.7 mi
- Giant Gnome: 4.2 mi
- Mjolnir: 4.2 mi
- Penguin: 4.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 4.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 4.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 5.9 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 6.8 mi
- The Whale: 8.4 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 9.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 16.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 8.0 mi
- Azalea Garden: 8.2 mi
- Laurel Walk: 8.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 10.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 10.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 10.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 9.5 mi
- Powder House: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.5 mi
- Old Spring: 1.3 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.1 mi
- Crow Head: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Town Farm Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 21° | 163 m | 4.7 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NE 53° | 158 m | 7.0 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 33° | 155 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NE 54° | 153 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 21° | 152 m | 8.0 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NE 56° | 149 m | 5.4 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 10° | 144 m | 3.5 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NE 51° | 139 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43398411
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 2 mi
- Mystic · 5 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Preston · 5 mi
- Stonington · 6 mi
- Groton · 7 mi
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