Town Open Space
Town Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pecausett Harper Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Portland
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pecausett Harper Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve: 0.6 mi
- YMCA Camp Ingersoll: 0.9 mi
- Carlson Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Bartlett Hill Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Straits Hill: 0.5 mi
- Crow Hill: 0.8 mi
- Duck Hill: 1.0 mi
- White Rock: 1.3 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.7 mi
- Riverfront Park: 1.1 mi
- Bill Nolan Field: 1.3 mi
- Tomasso Ballfield: 1.6 mi
- Agogliati Field: 1.6 mi
- Portland Recreational Complex: 1.7 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 2.3 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 3.2 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 2.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 2.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 2.2 mi
- First Tear: 3.2 mi
- Face in Tree: 4.7 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.0 mi
- Home: 11.1 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Glen Falls: 2.6 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 3.2 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 4.0 mi
- The Cascade: 4.3 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.5 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 7.9 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 1.9 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.0 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 4.0 mi
- grindstone: 4.2 mi
- George Washington rock: 4.4 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.9 mi
- East Rive Beach: 20.9 mi
- Circle Beach: 21.0 mi
- Crow Point: 9.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.0 mi
- Green Wall: 14.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 14.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | W 260° | 272 m | 6.9 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | NE 40° | 265 m | 5.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 67° | 241 m | 4.7 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NE 49° | 228 m | 4.4 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 75° | 222 m | 2.9 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | WSW 241° | 219 m | 8.0 mi |
| Camels Hump | WSW 255° | 207 m | 7.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNE 25° | 206 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43441023
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Essex · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- East Windsor · 24 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
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