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Town Open Space (Pond Brook Road)

Town Open Space (Pond Brook Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Pond Brook Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Great Mountain stands 310 m to the northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association (Mullholand), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.45847, -73.33665

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lake Lillinonah (Pond Brook) Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Lillinonah Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lake Lillinonah Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
  • Kahlo Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Lions Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 55
  • South Beach: 6.6 mi
  • North Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 9.2 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.0 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 44
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Southford Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 20
  • Lesser Evil: 5.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 8.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Oak Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Pond View: 11.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great MountainNW 313°310 m8.2 mi
Cranson PeakS 181°303 m6.6 mi
Good HillNNE 30°292 m7.7 mi
Second HillNNW 346°285 m6.7 mi
Greenleaf HillNNE 12°282 m8.3 mi
Botsford HillN 356°267 m4.9 mi
Mine HillN 355°267 m8.4 mi
Sweet Cake MountainW 277°265 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
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/43436010

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