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Town Open Space (Monitor Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Monitor Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Monitor Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Huntingtown Road), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.37432, -73.28764

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.4 mi
  • The Pleasance: 2.6 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 3.2 mi
  • Candle wall: 3.4 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 4.8 mi
  • The Castle: 5.0 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.5 mi
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 5.8 mi
  • South Beach: 11.4 mi
  • North Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.9 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.5 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.0 mi
  • Millstone: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 8.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.0 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 4.7 mi
  • Pond View: 4.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 4.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Town Open Space (Monitor Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 253°303 m2.7 mi
Thomas MountainW 266°286 m8.8 mi
Town MountainW 269°264 m8.0 mi
Bogus MountainWSW 257°254 m7.4 mi
Sunset HillWSW 237°253 m4.6 mi
Taunton HillWNW 295°251 m3.6 mi
Eden HillSSW 206°240 m3.2 mi
Middle MountainW 267°240 m8.4 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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436113

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