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Town Open Space (Pleasant Rise Drive)

Town Open Space (Pleasant Rise Drive) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Pleasant Rise Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckleberry Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.45851, -73.41514

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Brookfield Municipal Center: 1.0 mi
  • Eriksen Farm Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove) Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
  • Town Open Space (Old Gray's Bridge Road): 1.5 mi
  • Lions Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 5.2 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 5.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Lions Club: 5.3 mi
Museums
Gardens: 47
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.7 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 9.3 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.0 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Lower Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 32
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 14
  • Lesser Evil: 3.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 3.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.0 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Oak Grove: 13.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.5 mi
  • Pond View: 13.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Town Open Space (Pleasant Rise Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillWNW 301°386 m8.5 mi
Cranberry MountainWNW 292°376 m8.2 mi
Beaver Bog MountainWNW 298°358 m5.9 mi
Wanzer MountainNW 320°346 m6.4 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 343°323 m6.8 mi
Briggs HillNNW 328°323 m7.8 mi
Titicus MountainW 262°313 m5.0 mi
Great MountainNNW 341°310 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435936

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