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Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive)

Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Totoket Road), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of North Branford
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37367, -72.79556

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Swajchuk Park: 1.6 mi
  • All Saints Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mill Road Field: 2.5 mi
  • Carina Park: 2.7 mi
  • North Haven Athletic Complex: 3.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 57
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 32
  • Bear Cave: 4.0 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 6.3 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 6.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
  • Pond View: 23.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordNW 308°263 m10.0 mi
TrimountainNNE 28°232 m6.7 mi
Fowler MountainNNE 31°230 m5.6 mi
Beseck MountainNNE 15°219 m10.0 mi
High RockWNW 289°216 m8.1 mi
Pistapaug MountainNE 37°210 m5.0 mi
Mount CarmelNW 309°206 m6.3 mi
Mount PisgahNE 51°196 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438136

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