Town Open Space (Brookshire Lane)
Town Open Space (Brookshire Lane) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrington Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Carrington Park: 0.2 mi
- Kern Park: 1.0 mi
- Quirk Park: 2.0 mi
- Barnes Field: 2.0 mi
- Tunxis Mead Park: 2.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Cope Farms Subdiv.) 3 Parcels: 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Cope Farms Subdiv.) 3 Parcels: 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Cope Farms Subdiv.) 3 Parcels: 0.8 mi
- Shade Swamp Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Northwest Park: 1.5 mi
- Campground Hill: 1.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Hurley Hill: 3.1 mi
- Federal Hill: 3.1 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 1.5 mi
- plinth: 2.9 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.5 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 4.7 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 4.7 mi
- Day-Lewis Museum: 2.5 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 2.8 mi
- Stanley-Whitman House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 3.4 mi
- Unionville Museum: 3.4 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 2.7 mi
- Hospital Rock: 3.2 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 3.4 mi
- Carousel: 3.5 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 3.6 mi
- Whigville Falls: 4.1 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cascades: 5.1 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 6.0 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 6.1 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.4 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 8.2 mi
- 5-Sense Garden: 8.2 mi
- Home: 6.0 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 8.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.1 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 9.6 mi
- Painted Cow: 9.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 2.7 mi
- Green Wall: 2.7 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Ravens Roost: 5.8 mi
- South Wall: 5.9 mi
- Boating Side: 9.6 mi
- Waterfront: 9.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 14.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 16.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.4 mi
- Big Spring: 18.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Town Open Space (Brookshire Lane). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | WNW 299° | 354 m | 6.5 mi |
| South Mountain | SW 218° | 313 m | 5.3 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SW 215° | 312 m | 7.3 mi |
| Clinton Hill | SW 226° | 303 m | 9.0 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | NW 310° | 300 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Hope | W 276° | 297 m | 4.6 mi |
| Becar Hill | SW 222° | 297 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 251° | 295 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43441076
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 22 mi
- Longmeadow · 28 mi
- Tolland · 29 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 30 mi
- Somers · 30 mi
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