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Town Open Space (Point Of Rocks Road)

Town Open Space (Point Of Rocks Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Point Of Rocks Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickinson Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.39347, -73.30419

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 1.0 mi
  • The Pleasance: 1.1 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 6.7 mi
  • South Beach: 9.9 mi
  • North Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.7 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.3 mi
  • Millstone: 8.4 mi
  • Millstone: 8.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.8 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 20
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.3 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 6.3 mi
  • Pond View: 6.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Town Open Space (Point Of Rocks Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakSW 219°303 m2.8 mi
Moses MountainWSW 255°296 m8.7 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 257°286 m8.1 mi
Town MountainWSW 258°264 m7.3 mi
Bear MountainWNW 296°261 m8.8 mi
Bogus MountainWSW 244°254 m7.1 mi
Sunset HillSW 218°253 m4.9 mi
Taunton HillW 275°251 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435860

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