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Town Open Space (Chestnut Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Chestnut Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Chestnut Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Berthier Equestrian Trail, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.35115, -73.53536

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mamanasco Cliffs: 1.9 mi
  • Pierrepont Pond Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
  • Mamanasco Lake Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Park: 2.8 mi
  • Sturges Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Garden Of Ideas: 2.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Garden: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 45
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
  • South Beach: 9.4 mi
  • North Beach: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 23
  • greek letter pi: 6.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.5 mi
  • Annunaki: 7.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade: 9.7 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.3 mi
  • The Meadow: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 2.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 6.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Town Open Space (Chestnut Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainN 11°313 m6.9 mi
Pine MountainE 90°304 m2.5 mi
Bailey MountainSSW 197°299.314 m2.8 mi
Browns MountainN 351°299 m8.8 mi
Moses MountainE 80°296 m3.7 mi
Barlow MountainSE 132°290 m2.6 mi
Thomas MountainENE 76°286 m4.2 mi
West MountainS 172°285 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43434557

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