Town Open Space
Town Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is High Rock Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Rock Hill: 0.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 1.4 mi
- Osborn Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bagburn Hill: 3.3 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 2.7 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 4.5 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 6.2 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 7.3 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Ram's Pasture: 3.3 mi
- Candle wall: 3.2 mi
- The Castle: 3.2 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 3.3 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 3.8 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 3.9 mi
- Zoar Beach: 4.0 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.3 mi
- South Beach: 12.7 mi
- North Beach: 12.9 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Eklund Garden: 8.6 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.3 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 10.3 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.1 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.3 mi
- Southford Falls: 7.0 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 7.1 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.5 mi
- Millstone: 7.0 mi
- Millstone: 7.0 mi
- 3-town marker: 9.4 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.0 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 6.5 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 8.4 mi
- Lesser Evil: 9.1 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.4 mi
- Heron: 10.0 mi
- Pond View: 4.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 4.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 4.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 9.2 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.6 mi
- Kelly Slide: 17.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 19.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 15.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 17.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 17.6 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.2 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 15.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | WSW 254° | 303 m | 4.6 mi |
| Sunset Hill | WSW 242° | 253 m | 6.4 mi |
| Taunton Hill | WNW 283° | 251 m | 5.2 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 31° | 242 m | 8.0 mi |
| Eden Hill | SW 224° | 240 m | 4.6 mi |
| Horse Hill | N 352° | 236 m | 8.5 mi |
| Moose Hill | ENE 78° | 231 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WNW 302° | 230 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43436143
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 25 mi
- Putnam County · 26 mi
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