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Town Open Space

Town Open Space from directly overhead

Town Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is West Mountain Park & Mt Farms Open Space (2 Parc), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.84966, -72.87105
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Mountain Park: 0.2 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 1.6 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 2.2 mi
  • Meadow Pond: 2.5 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.9 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 6.0 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 6.3 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 59
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.0 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 6.5 mi
  • Cow: 8.5 mi
  • Painted Cow: 8.8 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Shade Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Primary Garden: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 56
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.9 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 5.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 5.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Town Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 341°421 m8.9 mi
Cotton HillWSW 254°360 m9.3 mi
Washington HillNNW 343°359 m7.5 mi
Ratlum MountainNW 313°358 m4.0 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 224°354 m9.2 mi
Wallens HillWNW 299°339 m10.4 mi
West HillWNW 282°328 m8.0 mi
Breezy HillWNW 296°327 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435823

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