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Town Open Space (Barnett Property)

Town Open Space (Barnett Property) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Barnett Property) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of North Branford
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41467, -72.75673

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls: 60
Gardens
Parks
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Marcus Cooke Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.3 mi
  • Guilford Town Park: 3.4 mi
  • Pond Hill Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions: 47
  • Washington Trail monument: 2.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 3.4 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 4.3 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 4.3 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Town Open Space (Barnett Property). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainN 5°272 m9.5 mi
TrimountainNNE 19°232 m3.3 mi
Fowler MountainNNE 23°230 m2.1 mi
Beseck MountainN 5°219 m6.8 mi
High RockW 269°216 m9.6 mi
Pistapaug MountainNE 41°210 m1.6 mi
Camels HumpN 5°207 m8.9 mi
Mount CarmelW 279°206 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439019

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