Town Open Space (Big Horn Road)
Town Open Space (Big Horn Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlet Lane (Windsor Hills), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.9 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Village Park: 0.3 mi
- Webb Mountain Park: 0.8 mi
- Monroe Green: 2.2 mi
- Monroe Center Historic District: 2.3 mi
- Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- Upper White Hills: 0.7 mi
- Barn Hill: 0.8 mi
- Round Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bagburn Hill: 1.4 mi
- Israel Hill: 1.6 mi
- The Castle: 2.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 4.9 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 4.9 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 5.4 mi
- The Vine Sign: 5.5 mi
- Zoar Beach: 2.1 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.2 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.1 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 11.6 mi
- Silver Beach: 11.7 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Eklund Garden: 4.2 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 8.6 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 3.9 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 5.2 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 7.3 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 2.5 mi
- Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Cascades: 5.7 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 7.3 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.2 mi
- Millstone: 7.3 mi
- Millstone: 7.4 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.5 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 10.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.2 mi
- Heron: 7.4 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 8.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 8.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 13.8 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- Pond View: 4.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 4.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 4.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 12.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 18.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Town Open Space (Big Horn Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | W 275° | 303 m | 8.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 359° | 242 m | 8.9 mi |
| Eden Hill | W 260° | 240 m | 7.5 mi |
| Moose Hill | NE 38° | 231 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WNW 298° | 230 m | 8.9 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | NNE 17° | 223 m | 5.5 mi |
| Towantic Hill | NNE 24° | 219 m | 8.3 mi |
| Jacks Hill | NNE 18° | 213 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43436208
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 26 mi
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