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Town Open Space (Round Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Round Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Round Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the north-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.7 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.36695, -73.14875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Fort Trumbull Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Silver Beach: 12.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 54
  • SIS Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 9.3 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Indian Well Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.3 mi
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Southford Falls: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 25
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.9 mi
  • Millstone: 6.3 mi
  • Millstone: 6.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.8 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Mother Mary: 7.3 mi
  • Heron: 8.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 9.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 5.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Town Open Space (Round Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Andrews HillNNE 20°275 m8.6 mi
Woodruff HillN 9°273 m8.6 mi
Hunters MountainNNE 26°246 m7.7 mi
Walnut HillN 350°242 m7.9 mi
Huntington HillNNE 29°237 m8.5 mi
Moose HillNNE 33°231 m2.9 mi
Fivemile HillN 6°223 m4.2 mi
Towantic HillNNE 18°219 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436248

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