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Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive)

Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Branford River Headwaters, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of North Branford
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.35053, -72.74627

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Swajchuk Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mill Road Field: 3.3 mi
  • Long Hill Park: 3.6 mi
  • Guilford Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • Connecticut Sportsplex: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Abraham Baldwin: 3.8 mi
  • Charlie Cotttrell: 5.5 mi
  • Guilford Vietnam War Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Korean and Vietnam Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Stony Creek Honor Roll World War II: 5.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
Waterfalls: 55
  • Stair Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Nineveh Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 48
Attractions: 31
  • Bear Cave: 2.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 5.3 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 6.7 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 18.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TrimountainN 4°232 m7.5 mi
Fowler MountainN 2°230 m6.4 mi
Beseck MountainN 0°219 m11.3 mi
High RockWNW 293°216 m11.0 mi
Pistapaug MountainN 5°210 m5.6 mi
Mount CarmelNW 307°206 m9.3 mi
Goose HillNE 56°201 m11.3 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 30°196 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438821

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