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Town Open Space (Rear Of Birchwood Road)

Town Open Space (Rear Of Birchwood Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Rear Of Birchwood Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Rear Of Maple Street), a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates42.01372, -72.55324

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Whitacres Park: 1.1 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 1.6 mi
  • Powder Hollow Park: 1.9 mi
  • Hazardville Playground: 2.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Side Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 6.1 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 4.5 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 6.3 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.3 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 6.4 mi
  • Horton Court: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 45
Waterfalls: 31
  • Cascade: 10.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 13.5 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Indian Leap: 10.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 19.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 20.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 13.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Town Open Space (Rear Of Birchwood Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 94°332 m10.2 mi
Moon MountainENE 67°330 m10.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 80°323 m7.6 mi
Bald MountainESE 102°322 m7.5 mi
Pine MountainENE 75°319 m8.0 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 118°315 m8.1 mi
Bald MountainENE 78°303 m7.9 mi
Perkins MountainE 84°298 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438987

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