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Town Open Space (Grove Beach Road, North)

Town Open Space (Grove Beach Road, North) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Grove Beach Road, North) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Turkey Hill stands 140 m to the north, 11 miles off. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.28093, -72.48080

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Murdock Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Tom: 1.9 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Toby Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Cow Hill: 3.9 mi
Beaches
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens: 44
Waterfalls: 33
  • Nineveh Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Cascade: 11.9 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Table: 4.8 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 7.0 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 9.9 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 11.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Town Open Space (Grove Beach Road, North). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillN 352°140 m10.7 mi
Turkey HillN 354°138 m9.4 mi
Mount ArcherNE 37°136 m10.6 mi
Wig HillN 358°128 m8.6 mi
Tower HillNNW 339°126 m5.6 mi
Nickerson HillNE 45°123 m11.4 mi
Buell HillNW 314°119 m7.0 mi
Honey HillNE 38°114 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438710

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