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Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Osborn Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.39848, -73.20983

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 13.7 mi
  • South Beach: 14.1 mi
  • North Beach: 14.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
  • Aggie Park: 2.7 mi
  • Webb Mountain Park: 3.5 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 3.8 mi
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • SIS Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Southford Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Millstone: 4.6 mi
  • Millstone: 4.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.7 mi
  • Heron: 10.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 5.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 249°303 m7.1 mi
Woodruff HillNE 35°273 m7.7 mi
Taunton HillW 269°251 m7.3 mi
Hunters MountainNE 54°246 m8.1 mi
Walnut HillNNE 18°242 m5.9 mi
Eden HillSW 230°240 m7.1 mi
Horse HillNNW 334°236 m8.0 mi
Moose HillE 87°231 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436371

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