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Town Open Space (8 Old Simsbury Road)

Town Open Space (8 Old Simsbury Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (8 Old Simsbury Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Manure Spreader, a attraction 1.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.92084, -72.79213

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Tariffville Park: 1.3 mi
  • Granbrook Park: 1.3 mi
  • Tariffville Green: 1.7 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 1.8 mi
  • Curtiss Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Eastern Barndoor Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Stony Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Western Barndoor Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Williams Hill: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 1.6 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 1.7 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 2.0 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 3.1 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.0 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 54
Artworks: 54
  • Bike Sculpture: 5.1 mi
  • Cow: 7.3 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.9 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Painted Cow: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Manure Spreader: 1.3 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 2.0 mi
  • Boehm house site: 3.2 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 3.6 mi
  • cellar hole: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Southwick Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Back Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 9.5 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 9.7 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 10.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 13.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Town Open Space (8 Old Simsbury Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWNW 296°421 m7.8 mi
Washington HillWNW 290°359 m6.7 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW 252°358 m7.3 mi
South MountainNNW 334°357 m9.5 mi
Breezy HillWSW 247°327 m8.3 mi
Sodom MountainNNW 347°326 m9.9 mi
Pine ConeWNW 296°323 m4.5 mi
Ragged MountainW 273°311 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442072

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