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Town Open Space (End Of Colony Road)

Town Open Space (End Of Colony Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (End Of Colony Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Brainard Memorial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates42.01250, -72.58813

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 0.9 mi
  • D'Aleo Park: 1.0 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 1.5 mi
  • Whitacres Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 3.7 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.8 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Omiskanoagwiah: 4.2 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 4.3 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 4.4 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 5.7 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 6.1 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.1 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 44
  • New England Sky Screamer: 2.4 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 6.3 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 6.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 7.0 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Cascade: 12.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 14.0 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 11.5 mi
  • Flag Rock: 17.0 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 19.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 19.3 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 13.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Town Open Space (End Of Colony Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 93°332 m12.0 mi
Moon MountainENE 70°330 m12.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 81°323 m9.4 mi
Bald MountainE 99°322 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainENE 77°319 m9.7 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 112°315 m9.7 mi
Bald MountainE 80°303 m9.7 mi
Perkins MountainE 85°298 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
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/43442168

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