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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 100 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Farrell Road), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.43528, -73.35532

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Lillinonah (Pond Brook) Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Town Open Space (Old Gray's Bridge Road): 2.4 mi
  • Lake Lillinonah Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lake Lillinonah Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
  • The Pleasance: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 6.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.3 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.7 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 59
  • South Beach: 6.2 mi
  • North Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 9.4 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Southford Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 21
Artworks: 20
  • Lesser Evil: 3.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 10.2 mi
  • Pond View: 10.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainW 277°313 m8.1 mi
Cranson PeakS 170°303 m5.1 mi
Moses MountainSW 228°296 m7.7 mi
Thomas MountainSW 228°286 m7.1 mi
Second HillN 355°285 m8.2 mi
Wooster MountainSW 226°275 m8.7 mi
Spruce MountainSW 229°272 m8.2 mi
Botsford HillN 5°267 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435961

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