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Town Open Space (Ridgebury Road)

Town Open Space (Ridgebury Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Ridgebury Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Beaver Bog Mountain stands 358 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Keeler Drive), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.36937, -73.52750

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Garden Of Ideas: 3.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.0 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Garden: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 45
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
  • South Beach: 8.1 mi
  • North Beach: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 21
Artworks: 21
  • greek letter pi: 4.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.3 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 1.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Town Open Space (Ridgebury Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver Bog MountainN 4°358 m8.9 mi
Titicus MountainN 9°313 m5.6 mi
Pine MountainESE 121°304 m2.4 mi
Bailey MountainSSW 197°299.314 m4.1 mi
Browns MountainNNW 347°299 m7.6 mi
Moses MountainESE 101°296 m3.3 mi
Barlow MountainSSE 153°290 m3.3 mi
Thomas MountainE 93°286 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43434774

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