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Town Open Space (Natural Areas)

Town Open Space (Natural Areas) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Natural Areas) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.91089, -72.84514

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Western Barndoor Hill: 1.6 mi
  • West Ledge: 1.7 mi
  • Weed Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Eastern Barndoor Hill: 2.1 mi
  • The Hedgehog: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Meadow Pond: 2.0 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.1 mi
  • Baxter Lawn: 2.8 mi
  • Sixth Form Lawn: 2.9 mi
  • Commencement Lawn: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 2.8 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.3 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 4.4 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.7 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 5.3 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 52
Attractions: 51
  • Boehm house site: 1.4 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 1.9 mi
  • cellar hole: 3.0 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 3.7 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 51
  • Bike Sculpture: 4.6 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 8.4 mi
  • Cow: 8.8 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.7 mi
  • Painted Cow: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Southwick Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 7.7 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 9.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Town Open Space (Natural Areas). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 314°421 m6.0 mi
Booth HillNW 320°411 m9.9 mi
Center HillNW 305°393 m8.9 mi
Morrison HillNW 326°370 m9.4 mi
Washington HillNW 310°359 m4.6 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW 250°358 m4.5 mi
South MountainN 351°357 m9.3 mi
West HillWSW 254°328 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439003

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