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Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear)

Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is SIS Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.5 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.30969, -73.11571

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Riverview Park: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Coon Hollow Park: 1.7 mi
  • Derby Greenway: 1.7 mi
  • O'Sullivan's Island Recreation Park: 1.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Fort Trumbull Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Silver Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 53
  • SIS Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.1 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Cascade: 1.4 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Cascades: 2.2 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.0 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.2 mi
  • Millstone: 10.5 mi
  • Millstone: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 21
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 6.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillN 358°231 m6.4 mi
Fivemile HillN 351°223 m8.2 mi
Osborn HillNW 320°206 m8.0 mi
Great HillN 359°202 m3.7 mi
Barn HillWNW 304°200 m4.3 mi
Rock RimmonNNE 20°199 m8.6 mi
Moose HillWNW 289°198 m5.0 mi
Chestnut HillN 7°195 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437134

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