Town Open Space (Durham Road)
Town Open Space (Durham Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Pistapaug Mountain stands 210 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Pardee Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 21 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Pardee Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Welter Woods: 1.1 mi
- Platt Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- Chatfield Hollow State Park: 1.4 mi
- Forster Pond State Park: 1.8 mi
- Killingworth's World War Heroes: 1.5 mi
- Bill Wheeler: 2.9 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 3.3 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 3.9 mi
- CCC Camp: 6.0 mi
- Irene Sheldon Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Killingworth Recreational Park: 2.3 mi
- Pattaconk Lake Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 5.2 mi
- Indian River Recreation Complex: 5.5 mi
- Buell Hill: 2.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.3 mi
- Roast Meat Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tower Hill: 3.5 mi
- Goose Hill: 4.1 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 6.5 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 7.0 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 7.3 mi
- Allis-Bushnell House and Museum: 7.3 mi
- Deacon John Grave House Museum: 7.3 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 8.5 mi
- East Rive Beach: 8.7 mi
- Hammonasset Beach: 8.8 mi
- Clinton Beach: 9.0 mi
- Circle Beach: 9.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.6 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 9.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.2 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 2.7 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cascade: 7.9 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 1.7 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 5.4 mi
- Stone Table: 6.3 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 6.4 mi
- Bear Cave: 7.5 mi
- Totem Pole: 3.0 mi
- snake: 5.4 mi
- James Madison: 7.4 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 12.5 mi
- First Tear: 13.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 5.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 6.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 6.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 11.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 23.7 mi
- Powder House: 23.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 14.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Town Open Space (Durham Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pistapaug Mountain | WNW 291° | 210 m | 9.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | N 6° | 201 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NW 310° | 196 m | 6.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NNW 345° | 186 m | 8.7 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | W 277° | 167 m | 6.6 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | W 266° | 156 m | 8.2 mi |
| Long Hill | NE 40° | 154 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 319° | 153 m | 4.3 mi |
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 | 15:40 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439129
Day trips start here
- Essex · 10 mi
- Old Saybrook · 12 mi
- Old Lyme · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
- East Lyme · 18 mi
- Montville · 22 mi
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