Nature reserve · Connecticut

Town Open Space (Durham Road)

Town Open Space (Durham Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Durham Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuxis Pond-A, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.28477, -72.59984

16.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
25.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Overlooks nearby

Bluff Overlook · 16 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Tuxis Pond-A: 0.3 mi
Town Open Space (Fort Path Road): 0.4 mi
Milestone: 0.6 mi
Meadow's Edge: 0.7 mi
Borg Meadow: 0.8 mi

Museums

Deacon John Grave House Museum: 0.4 mi
Allis-Bushnell House and Museum: 0.6 mi
Meigs Point Nature Center: 3.6 mi
Thomas Griswold House: 3.9 mi
Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 3.9 mi

Historic sites

Parks

Madison Green Historic District: 0.4 mi
Madison Green: 0.4 mi
Town Open Space (Scotland Avenue): 0.7 mi
Bauer Park: 0.9 mi
The Ox Pasture: 2.4 mi

Peaks

Green Hill: 1.2 mi
Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 1.5 mi
Camp Hill: 1.7 mi
Spencer Hill: 2.5 mi
Cedar Knoll: 2.8 mi

Beaches

Gardens39

Native Plant Gardens: 0.8 mi
Madison Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
Lillian's Garden: 3.5 mi
Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi

Waterfalls37

Nineveh Falls: 5.1 mi
Cascade: 5.8 mi
Stair Brook Falls: 11.6 mi
Clark Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
Cascade: 13.5 mi

Attractions29

Dinosaur Rock: 5.9 mi
Lavender Pond Farm: 6.3 mi
Stone Table: 8.4 mi
Bear Cave: 8.8 mi
Dodge Dump Truck: 9.1 mi

Artworks17

James Madison: 0.4 mi
Totem Pole: 4.0 mi
snake: 9.2 mi
Lion Gardner Statue: 12.8 mi
Henry Gould Lewis: 16.3 mi

Cliffs7

Chimney Corner: 6.4 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 9.6 mi
Bluff Head: 10.1 mi
Pine Ledge: 10.1 mi
Candlewood Ledge: 14.8 mi

Rest areas5

Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 15.3 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.0 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.3 mi

Picnic sites2

Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.7 mi

Lighthouses1

Saybrook Breakwater Light: 13.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Johnsonville Village: 15.8 mi

Springs1

Cold Spring: 16.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Town Open Space (Durham Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goose Hill	N 9°	201 m	11.1 mi
Mount Pisgah	NNW 341°	196 m	11.8 mi
Totoket Mountain	NW 312°	176 m	11.6 mi
Quonnipaug Mountain	NW 326°	167 m	9.3 mi
East Sugarloaf	NW 313°	156 m	9.3 mi
Long Hill	NNE 24°	154 m	12.1 mi
Bunker Hill	N 352°	153 m	10.2 mi
West Sugarloaf	NW 311°	145 m	9.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:55	18:26	19:03
June solstice	05:18	19:46	20:28
September equinox	06:38	18:13	18:49
December solstice	07:14	15:41	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	31	32	39	49	59	68	74	73	66	55	45	36
Precip in	2.7	2.8	3.7	4.2	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.6	4.0	3.8	3.1	3.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438557

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