Town Open Space (Green Meadow Drive)
Town Open Space (Green Meadow Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Platt Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 15 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 30.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Platt Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Bushy Hill Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Pond Meadow: 1.1 mi
- Comstock Pond/Stream: 1.3 mi
- Timberlane Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Comstock Park: 1.2 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Park Triangle: 1.8 mi
- Plattwood Park: 2.5 mi
- Westbrook Town Green: 3.0 mi
- Mares Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bushy Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Tom: 1.6 mi
- Toby Hill: 1.6 mi
- Post Hill: 2.6 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 2.0 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 3.0 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 3.4 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 4.4 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 2.2 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 3.0 mi
- Westbrook: 3.0 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 3.1 mi
- Clinton Police Department Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 3.5 mi
- Middle Beach: 3.6 mi
- Stannard Beach: 3.8 mi
- West Beach: 3.8 mi
- Grove Beach: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.2 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 8.0 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 9.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
- Stone Table: 1.4 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 5.3 mi
- Historic Ferry: 6.5 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 8.6 mi
- tri-town marker: 11.1 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 6.5 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.8 mi
- James Madison: 7.9 mi
- snake: 12.2 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 14.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 4.1 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 7.3 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Powder House: 18.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 18.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 7.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Town Open Space (Green Meadow Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NNW 326° | 201 m | 9.5 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 345° | 154 m | 8.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 342° | 140 m | 7.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 343° | 138 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 47° | 136 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNW 348° | 128 m | 5.4 mi |
| Tower Hill | NW 304° | 126 m | 3.5 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | NE 56° | 123 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439146
Day trips start here
- Essex · 4 mi
- Old Saybrook · 5 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 12 mi
- Waterford · 17 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
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