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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 161 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Fosdick), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.37572, -73.30957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.2 mi
  • The Pleasance: 2.3 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 6.9 mi
  • South Beach: 10.5 mi
  • North Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 10.8 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.4 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Southford Falls: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.9 mi
  • Millstone: 9.3 mi
  • Millstone: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Pond View: 5.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 238°303 m1.7 mi
Moses MountainW 262°296 m8.2 mi
Thomas MountainW 265°286 m7.7 mi
Spruce MountainW 262°272 m8.7 mi
Town MountainW 268°264 m6.9 mi
Bogus MountainWSW 253°254 m6.3 mi
Sunset HillSW 226°253 m3.8 mi
Taunton HillNW 304°251 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435756

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