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Town Open Space

Town Open Space from directly overhead

Town Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is West Mountain Park & Mt Farms Open Space (2 Parc), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.84777, -72.85792
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.2 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 5.5 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 6.3 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 58
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 2.3 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.9 mi
  • Cow: 7.8 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.2 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 56
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 5.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 5.5 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 5.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 337°421 m9.3 mi
Cotton HillWSW 255°360 m9.9 mi
Washington HillNNW 338°359 m7.9 mi
Ratlum MountainNW 308°358 m4.6 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 227°354 m9.6 mi
West HillWNW 282°328 m8.6 mi
Breezy HillWNW 293°327 m4.6 mi
Pine ConeN 355°323 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436574

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