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Town of Glastonbury

Town of Glastonbury from directly overhead

Town of Glastonbury is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jasmine Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

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Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71220, -72.51274

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 1.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 1.7 mi
  • Car Wreck: 2.0 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.7 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 3.3 mi
  • Rotary Field: 3.7 mi
  • Addison Park: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 60
  • Cascade: 2.7 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Crow Point: 5.4 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.3 mi
  • South Wall: 15.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Town of Glastonbury. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 42°284 m9.7 mi
Reed HillNNE 32°275 m10.8 mi
MannantuckE 97°273 m2.1 mi
John Tom HillE 96°272 m2.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 195°265 m5.9 mi
Box HillNNE 26°252 m6.9 mi
Clark HillS 185°241 m8.1 mi
Post HillESE 107°239 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1289228081

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