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Town Open Space (Obtuse Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Obtuse Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Obtuse Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Green Pond Mountain stands 323 m to the northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Birnham Wood Development (2 Parcels), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

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Coordinates41.46038, -73.35850

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lake Lillinonah Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
  • Lake Lillinonah Park: 1.5 mi
  • Lake Lillinonah (Pond Brook) Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
  • Brookfield Municipal Center: 2.2 mi
  • Lions Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.3 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 12.1 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 43
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Southford Falls: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 19
  • Lesser Evil: 4.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.8 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 8.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
  • Pond View: 11.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Town Open Space (Obtuse Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainNW 322°323 m8.1 mi
Titicus MountainW 264°313 m7.9 mi
Great MountainNW 318°310 m7.3 mi
Cranson PeakS 171°303 m6.9 mi
Good HillNE 38°292 m8.3 mi
Thomas MountainSW 218°286 m8.3 mi
Second HillN 355°285 m6.4 mi
Botsford HillN 9°267 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436012

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