Town Open Space (Deer Run Drive)
Town Open Space (Deer Run Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Ledge Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Ledge Park: 0.3 mi
- Long Hill Green: 0.8 mi
- Middlebrooks Park: 2.0 mi
- Pond View Park: 2.1 mi
- Tashua Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
- Booth Hill: 1.4 mi
- Tashua Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mischa Hill: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.0 mi
- Hirams Hill: 3.0 mi
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Tree Stump Monument: 5.0 mi
- Old Mill Green: 5.7 mi
- White Oak: 5.7 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 3.6 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 4.4 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 5.9 mi
- Americana Museum: 6.0 mi
- Eklund Garden: 5.0 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 6.0 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.2 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 5.5 mi
- Zoar Beach: 7.5 mi
- Seaside Beach: 8.2 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 8.4 mi
- Walnut Beach: 8.9 mi
- Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Cascades: 4.7 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 5.8 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 6.2 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.9 mi
- Heron: 2.6 mi
- Mother Mary: 2.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.9 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 6.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 1.1 mi
- 3-town marker: 8.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 9.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 2.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 3.0 mi
- Pond View: 3.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 4.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 15.1 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 18.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.7 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 19.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 7.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 10.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 10.3 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 16.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 8.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Town Open Space (Deer Run Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | NW 312° | 303 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sunset Hill | WNW 299° | 253 m | 8.8 mi |
| Eden Hill | NW 306° | 240 m | 6.6 mi |
| Redding Ridge | WNW 291° | 214 m | 7.9 mi |
| Osborn Hill | N 359° | 206 m | 8.4 mi |
| Meekers Hill | WNW 289° | 203 m | 7.2 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 39° | 202 m | 7.8 mi |
| Barn Hill | NNE 17° | 200 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43435429
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 22 mi
- Putnam County · 30 mi
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