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Town Open Space (Cali Drive)

Town Open Space (Cali Drive) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Cali Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Eden Hill stands 240 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Canfield Drive), a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.28507, -73.16388

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Eklund Garden: 2.5 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 7.9 mi
Museums
Beaches
Waterfalls: 39
  • Cascade: 2.0 mi
  • Cascades: 2.2 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.3 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 8.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 1.6 mi
  • Heron: 3.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.4 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 4.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Town Open Space (Cali Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eden HillWNW 293°240 m8.5 mi
Moose HillNNE 16°231 m8.4 mi
Osborn HillNNW 342°206 m8.3 mi
Meekers HillW 281°203 m9.4 mi
Great HillNNE 24°202 m5.9 mi
Barn HillNNW 345°200 m4.2 mi
Moose HillNW 326°198 m4.0 mi
Israel HillNNW 344°192 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435507

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