- Elevation, modelled
- 175 m
- Tallest summit within 8.9 miles
- Cranson Peak303 m · 3.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Merritt Parkway12.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 41.4074, -73.3207
Town Open Space (Castle Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 175 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the south-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Nettleton), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Town Open Space (Castle Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | SSW 196° | 303 m | 3.2 mi |
| Moses Mountain | WSW 247° | 296 m | 8.2 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WSW 248° | 286 m | 7.6 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 247° | 272 m | 8.7 mi |
| Botsford Hill | N 352° | 267 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sweet Cake Mountain | WNW 300° | 265 m | 8.7 mi |
| Town Mountain | WSW 249° | 264 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 292° | 261 m | 7.6 mi |
- 12.9 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pleasant: 0.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 0.4 mi
- Sunset Hill: 0.9 mi
- Great Hill: 1.4 mi
- Barnabas Hill: 1.5 mi
- The Pleasance: 0.8 mi
- Ram's Pasture: 0.9 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Treadwell Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.8 mi
- Candle wall: 2.5 mi
- Lieutenant Kevin Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 4.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 5.4 mi
- Officer's Quarters: 5.6 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 1.3 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 5.6 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 5.6 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 6.7 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 6.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 7.7 mi
- South Beach: 8.7 mi
- North Beach: 8.9 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 11.2 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.0 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 7.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.7 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 12.1 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.6 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 8.3 mi
- Southford Falls: 8.8 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 11.1 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.5 mi
- Millstone: 8.7 mi
- Millstone: 8.8 mi
- 3-town marker: 9.5 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 5.3 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 5.4 mi
- greek letter pi: 6.9 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 6.9 mi
- Jean Widmark: 11.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 5.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.2 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.0 mi
- Kelly Slide: 13.8 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 17.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.6 mi
- Pond View: 7.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 18.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 21.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 23.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 14.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.8 mi
- Dicktown: 24.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 5 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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