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Town Open Space (North Of Madison Road)

Town Open Space (North Of Madison Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (North Of Madison Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Rear Of Eastgate Lane), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.94320, -72.56427

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 3.5 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 5.4 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 5.4 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Back Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.1 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 9.2 mi
  • Cow: 10.5 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 10.6 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 11.0 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 53
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.6 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.6 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.6 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.3 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 11.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Flag Rock: 12.1 mi
  • Indian Leap: 15.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 16.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 16.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 6
  • Rd: 17.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Town Open Space (North Of Madison Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillENE 69°332 m11.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillNE 52°323 m10.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 67°322 m8.6 mi
Pine MountainNE 50°319 m10.8 mi
Soapstone MountainE 82°315 m7.9 mi
Bald MountainNE 52°303 m10.6 mi
Perkins MountainNE 55°298 m9.7 mi
Paulk HillESE 115°294 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438615

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