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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 84 m. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawton School Site, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.82995, -72.86075

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Newton C. Brainard: 4.7 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.9 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 5.1 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 5.8 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls
Gardens: 60
  • Perennial Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 57
Attractions: 55
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.4 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillW 262°360 m9.5 mi
Washington HillNNW 342°359 m9.0 mi
Ratlum MountainNW 320°358 m5.3 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 233°354 m8.7 mi
West HillWNW 290°328 m8.8 mi
Breezy HillNW 307°327 m5.1 mi
Pine ConeN 356°323 m8.3 mi
Ragged MountainNW 317°311 m9.4 mi

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437423

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