Town Open Space (Altiere Drive)
Town Open Space (Altiere Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrison Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of North Branford
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harrison Farm Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Notch Hill Brook: 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Lake Road): 1.3 mi
- North Farms Park: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive): 1.4 mi
- Thunder Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Notch Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sea Hill: 2.0 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.2 mi
- Long Hill: 2.4 mi
- Swajchuk Park: 2.3 mi
- Mill Road Field: 2.3 mi
- Connecticut Sportsplex: 2.8 mi
- Long Hill Park: 3.7 mi
- Cortina Park: 3.7 mi
- Cenotaph: 4.4 mi
- Branford: 4.4 mi
- World War II: 4.6 mi
- Korean and Vietnam Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Stony Creek Honor Roll World War II: 4.7 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 4.5 mi
- Harrison House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 5.0 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 5.8 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 5.9 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 4.8 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 5.0 mi
- Limewood Beach: 5.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 5.6 mi
- Montowese Beach: 5.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 8.0 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 9.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 9.5 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 6.7 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 7.0 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 7.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 3.6 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 4.2 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 6.7 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.0 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 8.1 mi
- snake: 6.8 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 7.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 8.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 8.9 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 8.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 6.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 6.3 mi
- Chimney Corner: 6.7 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 16.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 17.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
- Pond View: 24.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 24.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 21.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 24.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Town Open Space (Altiere Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | N 10° | 232 m | 8.7 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | N 10° | 230 m | 7.5 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 300° | 216 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNE 12° | 210 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NW 315° | 206 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNE 32° | 196 m | 9.0 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | N 359° | 176 m | 4.3 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NE 39° | 167 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438816
Day trips start here
- Essex · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 20 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 28 mi
- East Lyme · 28 mi
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