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Town Open Space (Hattertown Road)

Town Open Space (Hattertown Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Hattertown Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the northwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Makl), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.4 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.35236, -73.32023

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Stepney Green: 3.6 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 3.9 mi
  • The Pleasance: 4.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.1 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.7 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.8 mi
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.6 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 3.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.1 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • 3-town marker: 5.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.6 mi
  • Weir House: 9.6 mi
  • Millstone: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 4.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.0 mi
  • Pond View: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Town Open Space (Hattertown Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNW 307°303 m1.2 mi
Moses MountainW 274°296 m7.6 mi
Thomas MountainW 278°286 m7.2 mi
Wooster MountainW 268°275 m8.1 mi
Spruce MountainW 273°272 m8.1 mi
Town MountainWNW 282°264 m6.5 mi
Bogus MountainW 268°254 m5.5 mi
Sunset HillWSW 245°253 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435570

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