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Town Open Space (Long Meadow Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Long Meadow Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Long Meadow Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Beaver Bog Mountain stands 358 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is School Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.47961, -73.39213

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lions Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kahlo Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Brookfield Municipal Center: 1.0 mi
  • Cadigan Park: 2.1 mi
  • Brookfield Town Beach: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 53
Waterfalls: 43
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Southford Falls: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.5 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.1 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 22
Attractions: 21
Artworks: 14
  • Lesser Evil: 4.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.6 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 8.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 13.8 mi
  • Pond View: 13.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Town Open Space (Long Meadow Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver Bog MountainWNW 281°358 m6.6 mi
Wanzer MountainWNW 303°346 m6.4 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 327°323 m6.0 mi
Briggs HillNW 315°323 m7.4 mi
Titicus MountainWSW 251°313 m6.5 mi
Great MountainNW 323°310 m5.2 mi
Candlewood MountainNNW 336°296 m7.7 mi
Second HillNNE 13°285 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435948

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