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Town Open Space (Pole Bridge Road)

Town Open Space (Pole Bridge Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Pole Bridge Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Bristol Lane), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.42198, -73.25315

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.8 mi
  • The Pleasance: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 4.9 mi
  • South Beach: 11.4 mi
  • North Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.3 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 44
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 20
  • Lesser Evil: 8.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.0 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 7.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakSW 227°303 m6.0 mi
Woodruff HillNE 55°273 m8.1 mi
Grassy HillN 1°256 m7.3 mi
Bronson MountainN 352°255 m7.0 mi
Sunset HillSW 224°253 m8.1 mi
Taunton HillWSW 251°251 m5.3 mi
Rucum HillN 355°251 m7.5 mi
Walnut HillNE 46°242 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436353

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