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Town Open Space (Rocky Road)

Town Open Space (Rocky Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Rocky Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Beaver Bog Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Eriksen Farm Open Space, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.44506, -73.41186

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eriksen Farm Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Town Open Space (Old Gray's Bridge Road): 0.7 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove) Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
  • Entrance to Sterling Woods Private Footpath: 0.9 mi
  • Brookfield Municipal Center: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 4.4 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 4.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Lions Club: 4.4 mi
Museums
Gardens: 48
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.9 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.3 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Lower Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 39
Attractions: 21
Artworks: 14
  • Lesser Evil: 2.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 3.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Oak Grove: 12.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.8 mi
  • Pond View: 12.8 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 14.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Town Open Space (Rocky Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver Bog MountainNW 304°358 m6.6 mi
Wanzer MountainNW 324°346 m7.3 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 344°323 m7.7 mi
Briggs HillNNW 331°323 m8.7 mi
Titicus MountainW 273°313 m5.1 mi
Great MountainNNW 342°310 m6.9 mi
Pine MountainSSW 211°304 m7.6 mi
Cranson PeakSE 146°303 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435938

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