Nature reserve · Connecticut
Town Open Space (Roma Drive) 2 Parcels
Town Open Space (Roma Drive) 2 Parcels is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west, 6.6 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
Coordinates41.73879, -72.86774
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
Parks
- Tunxis Mead Park: 0.8 mi
- Quirk Park: 0.8 mi
- Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Suburban Park: 1.6 mi
- Malerbo Rec Complex: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 1.6 mi
- plinth: 4.0 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 4.5 mi
- Asa Spaulding Porter: 4.9 mi
Attractions
- Carousel: 1.6 mi
- The Carrals: 1.6 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 1.6 mi
- Kettles: 1.7 mi
- Swimming Pool: 1.7 mi
Museums
- Unionville Museum: 1.7 mi
- Day-Lewis Museum: 2.2 mi
- Stanley-Whitman House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 2.7 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 4.8 mi
Peaks
- Huckleberry Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mine Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Taine Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Farmington Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls
- Whigville Falls: 4.5 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 5.0 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 5.1 mi
- Burlington Falls: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 53
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 2.7 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.3 mi
- 5-Sense Garden: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 44
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 6.7 mi
- Home: 6.7 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.6 mi
- Painted Cow: 7.9 mi
- Sedna: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Porcupine Hole: 3.1 mi
- Green Wall: 3.2 mi
- South Wall: 4.0 mi
- Solar Panel: 4.0 mi
- Superstructure: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 10
- Boating Side: 11.5 mi
- Waterfront: 11.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 13.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 16.9 mi
Springs: 4
- Hermit spring: 13.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.3 mi
- Big Spring: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Southington Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Gay City State Park: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Town Open Space (Roma Drive) 2 Parcels. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | W 279° | 354 m | 6.6 mi |
| South Mountain | SSW 213° | 313 m | 7.5 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 212° | 312 m | 9.5 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WNW 287° | 300 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | WSW 253° | 297 m | 5.6 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | SSW 207° | 290 m | 8.2 mi |
| Schoolhouse Hill | WNW 301° | 288 m | 6.8 mi |
| Holt Hill | WSW 252° | 288 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439799
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 20 mi
- Longmeadow · 26 mi
- Tolland · 27 mi
- Somers · 28 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 30 mi
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