Town Open Space (Foxon Road)
Town Open Space (Foxon Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Girl Scout Camp, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Girl Scout Camp: 0.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Totoket Road): 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Thomas Court): 0.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Crestwood Drive): 0.7 mi
- Bailey Woods: 1.0 mi
- Connecticut Sportsplex: 0.4 mi
- Mauro Park (Warwick Lane): 0.9 mi
- Cortina Park: 1.1 mi
- Mill Road Field: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Lidyhites Hill: 0.8 mi
- Peter's Rock: 1.8 mi
- Cherry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 3.3 mi
- North Hill: 3.4 mi
- Branford: 3.2 mi
- Cenotaph: 3.3 mi
- World War II: 3.4 mi
- Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 4.2 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 4.2 mi
- Harrison House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Connecticut Trolley Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Shore Line Trolley Museum: 4.2 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 4.6 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 5.2 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 4.6 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 4.7 mi
- Limewood Beach: 4.9 mi
- Montowese Beach: 5.0 mi
- Pebbley Beach: 5.3 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 3.9 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 4.1 mi
- Bog Garden: 5.3 mi
- Cascade: 6.9 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 7.3 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 7.5 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 8.4 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 6.3 mi
- Bear Cave: 6.4 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 9.4 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 9.8 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 4.3 mi
- Turtle Statue: 5.7 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 5.8 mi
- John B Pierce: 5.9 mi
- An American Dream: 6.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Chimney Corner: 8.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 8.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 8.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.3 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 14.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
- Pond View: 21.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 21.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 18.9 mi
- Fog Signal House: 18.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Town Open Space (Foxon Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NW 325° | 263 m | 11.3 mi |
| Trimountain | NNE 26° | 232 m | 10.2 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNE 28° | 230 m | 9.1 mi |
| High Rock | NW 314° | 216 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNE 32° | 210 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNW 334° | 206 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NE 43° | 196 m | 11.3 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NW 308° | 193 m | 11.2 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 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| 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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43437907
Day trips start here
- Essex · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 27 mi
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