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Town Open Space (North Of Douglas Drive)

Town Open Space (North Of Douglas Drive) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (North Of Douglas Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Rear Of Ridge Road), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Enfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.01034, -72.57177

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Whitacres Park: 1.1 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 1.4 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 1.4 mi
  • D'Aleo Park: 1.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Side Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 4.6 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 6.3 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 6.3 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.4 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 44
  • New England Sky Screamer: 3.1 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 6.5 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 6.5 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 7.5 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascade: 11.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 13.6 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Indian Leap: 11.2 mi
  • Flag Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 19.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 19.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 13.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Town Open Space (North Of Douglas Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 93°332 m11.1 mi
Moon MountainENE 68°330 m11.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 79°323 m8.6 mi
Bald MountainE 99°322 m8.4 mi
Pine MountainENE 75°319 m8.9 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 113°315 m8.9 mi
Bald MountainENE 78°303 m8.9 mi
Perkins MountainE 83°298 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439792

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