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Town Open Space (South & Barrett Roads)

Town Open Space (South & Barrett Roads) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (South & Barrett Roads) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (West Of Chief Street), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Enfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.97623, -72.57246

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Powder Hollow Park: 1.6 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 2.0 mi
  • D'Aleo Park: 2.1 mi
  • Hazardville Playground: 2.1 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.1 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.1 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 4.6 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 6.0 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Side Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Back Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 4.9 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 6.9 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 8.3 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 8.7 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 8.7 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 48
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.0 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.5 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.5 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.5 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade: 11.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 11.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Indian Leap: 13.5 mi
  • Flag Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 17.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 17.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 15.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Town Open Space (South & Barrett Roads). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 81°332 m11.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 65°323 m9.3 mi
Bald MountainE 83°322 m8.4 mi
Pine MountainENE 62°319 m9.8 mi
Soapstone MountainE 98°315 m8.3 mi
Bald MountainENE 65°303 m9.7 mi
Perkins MountainENE 68°298 m9.0 mi
Paulk HillSE 124°294 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439637

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