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Town Open Space (Great Quarter Road)

Town Open Space (Great Quarter Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Great Quarter Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Halfway River Acquistion, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.39187, -73.18998

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Fort Trumbull Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Silver Beach: 14.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • SIS Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 44
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Southford Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cascade: 7.7 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Millstone: 4.7 mi
  • Millstone: 4.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.4 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 9.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.4 mi
  • Heron: 10.2 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 5.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Town Open Space (Great Quarter Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 255°303 m7.9 mi
Andrews HillNE 39°275 m8.2 mi
Woodruff HillNNE 27°273 m7.6 mi
Hunters MountainNE 47°246 m7.6 mi
Walnut HillN 8°242 m6.1 mi
Eden HillWSW 238°240 m7.6 mi
Moose HillE 79°231 m3.7 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 282°230 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436277

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