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Town Open Space (Sugar Street)

Town Open Space (Sugar Street) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Sugar Street) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association, Inc, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.37877, -73.33736

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.6 mi
  • The Pleasance: 2.6 mi
  • Bennett Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 8.3 mi
  • South Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.5 mi
  • North Beach: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 23
  • 3-town marker: 7.3 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 7.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 10.4 mi
  • Weir House: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 22
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.0 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.5 mi
  • Mother Mary: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.8 mi
  • Pond View: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Town Open Space (Sugar Street). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWSW 256°304 m8.0 mi
Cranson PeakS 182°303 m1.1 mi
Moses MountainW 259°296 m6.8 mi
Thomas MountainW 262°286 m6.3 mi
Wooster MountainWSW 254°275 m7.5 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 258°272 m7.3 mi
Town MountainW 265°264 m5.5 mi
Bear MountainNW 308°261 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435863

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