Town Open Space (Laurel Lane)
Town Open Space (Laurel Lane) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the north, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Hill: 0.1 mi
- Rockhouse Hill: 1.8 mi
- Round Hill: 2.0 mi
- Upper White Hills: 2.2 mi
- Windy Hill: 2.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Gary Park): 0.5 mi
- Keith Mitchell Forest: 1.0 mi
- Naugatuck State Forest - Great Hill Block: 1.1 mi
- Birchbank Mountain Open Space: 1.5 mi
- City Open Space (Wakelee Ave): 1.5 mi
- Gary Park: 0.6 mi
- Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
- Abe Stone Park: 2.1 mi
- Webb Mountain Park: 2.3 mi
- Sochrin's Pond: 2.4 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 2.4 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 8.0 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Americana Museum: 8.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.6 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 3.1 mi
- The Castle: 3.8 mi
- Witek Memorial: 3.9 mi
- The Vine Sign: 4.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 3.2 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.9 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 11.2 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 11.3 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 11.3 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Eklund Garden: 4.1 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 8.5 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 1.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.0 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 5.0 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cascades: 5.9 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.7 mi
- Millstone: 6.9 mi
- Millstone: 7.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 9.4 mi
- Mother Mary: 7.4 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 8.8 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 8.8 mi
- Heron: 8.9 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.1 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.2 mi
- Pond View: 6.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 13.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.6 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 23.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 21.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Town Open Space (Laurel Lane). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | N 10° | 275 m | 8.5 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | N 358° | 273 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NNE 15° | 246 m | 7.4 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 341° | 242 m | 8.5 mi |
| Huntington Hill | NNE 18° | 237 m | 8.1 mi |
| Moose Hill | N 1° | 231 m | 2.7 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | NNW 346° | 223 m | 4.5 mi |
| Towantic Hill | N 6° | 219 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1095533814
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 29 mi
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