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Town Open Space (Lazy Brook Road)

Town Open Space (Lazy Brook Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Lazy Brook Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.9 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.35533, -73.28355

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Stepney Green: 2.5 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • William E. Wolfe Park: 3.6 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 3.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 4.5 mi
  • Candle wall: 4.7 mi
  • The Castle: 5.0 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.3 mi
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.8 mi
  • South Beach: 12.4 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.9 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 39
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.3 mi
  • Millstone: 9.4 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 8.9 mi
  • Heron: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Pond View: 3.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 3.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Town Open Space (Lazy Brook Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakW 280°303 m2.9 mi
Town MountainW 278°264 m8.3 mi
Bogus MountainW 267°254 m7.4 mi
Sunset HillWSW 253°253 m4.2 mi
Taunton HillNW 309°251 m4.5 mi
Eden HillSW 226°240 m2.2 mi
Middle MountainW 276°240 m8.7 mi
Mount PleasantNNW 333°230 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436119

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