Town Open Space (Exeter Road)
Town Open Space (Exeter Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is High Rock, a peak 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- High Rock: 0.8 mi
- York Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Carmel: 2.5 mi
- Mount Sanford: 2.7 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 3.0 mi
- The Brethren: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Top: 1.4 mi
- Timberwood Trail: 1.6 mi
- Farm Brook Flood Control Site 1: 2.0 mi
- YMCA Camp Mountain Laurel: 2.1 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 1.9 mi
- Farming Museum: 4.9 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 6.2 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 2.0 mi
- Honor Hill Monument: 2.0 mi
- South Quad: 2.2 mi
- Hamden Veterans' Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 3.8 mi
- Bethany Library Park: 3.0 mi
- Town Center Park: 3.2 mi
- Freedom Park: 3.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Skiff Street): 3.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Skiff Street): 3.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 8.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 9.3 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 11.9 mi
- Prospect Beach: 12.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 12.3 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 1.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 2.7 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 2.8 mi
- Sperry Falls: 3.8 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 5.5 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 6.5 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.7 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 10.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.5 mi
- Bear Cave: 11.8 mi
- Millstone: 12.1 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 6.4 mi
- Turtle Statue: 6.6 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 6.6 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 6.9 mi
- An American Dream: 8.4 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.9 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 15.8 mi
- Pond View: 17.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 20.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 20.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Town Open Space (Exeter Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | WNW 298° | 275 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Sanford | NNW 347° | 263 m | 2.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 335° | 263 m | 7.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNW 338° | 260 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NW 320° | 259 m | 5.8 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNW 333° | 253 m | 3.8 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | NNW 340° | 246 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | WNW 292° | 246 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438211
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- Essex · 29 mi
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