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Town Open Space (Rear Of Orbit Drive)

Town Open Space (Rear Of Orbit Drive) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Rear Of Orbit Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Parsons Road & R.R), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.96624, -72.59638

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • D'Aleo Park: 2.3 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 2.3 mi
  • Ahern Park: 2.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pesci Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.1 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 3.2 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 3.3 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Back Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 7.6 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 8.5 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 9.3 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 9.3 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 51
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.1 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.1 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.1 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.3 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 11.3 mi
  • Cascade: 12.5 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Indian Leap: 14.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 16.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 16.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 6
  • Rd: 16.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Town Open Space (Rear Of Orbit Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillENE 79°332 m12.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 65°323 m10.7 mi
Bald MountainE 79°322 m9.7 mi
Pine MountainENE 62°319 m11.2 mi
Soapstone MountainE 93°315 m9.4 mi
Bald MountainENE 64°303 m11.1 mi
Perkins MountainENE 67°298 m10.4 mi
Paulk HillESE 119°294 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43441005

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