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Town Open Space (East Of Saint James Avenue)

Town Open Space (East Of Saint James Avenue) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (East Of Saint James Avenue) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (West Of Saint James Avenue), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Enfield
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.00353, -72.57772

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 1.0 mi
  • D'Aleo Park: 1.1 mi
  • Whitacres Park: 1.7 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 1.9 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 3.9 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Omiskanoagwiah: 4.8 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 5.3 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Back Garden: 4.7 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 5.0 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 6.5 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 6.8 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.8 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 45
  • New England Sky Screamer: 3.2 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 7.0 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 7.0 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 7.0 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Hockanum Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Cascade: 11.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 13.2 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Indian Leap: 11.8 mi
  • Flag Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 19.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 19.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 13.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Town Open Space (East Of Saint James Avenue). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 90°332 m11.4 mi
Moon MountainENE 67°330 m12.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 77°323 m9.0 mi
Bald MountainE 95°322 m8.6 mi
Pine MountainENE 73°319 m9.4 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 110°315 m9.0 mi
Bald MountainENE 76°303 m9.3 mi
Perkins MountainE 80°298 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439009

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