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Town Open Space (Thunder Ridge Road)

Town Open Space (Thunder Ridge Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Thunder Ridge Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (High Rock Road), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.38823, -73.22958

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.9 mi
  • South Beach: 13.5 mi
  • North Beach: 13.7 mi
Parks
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 22
  • Millstone: 5.8 mi
  • Millstone: 5.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.1 mi
  • Heron: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 5.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Town Open Space (Thunder Ridge Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 252°303 m5.9 mi
Sunset HillWSW 243°253 m7.7 mi
Taunton HillW 275°251 m6.3 mi
Walnut HillNNE 24°242 m7.0 mi
Eden HillSW 229°240 m5.8 mi
Horse HillNNW 343°236 m8.2 mi
Moose HillE 81°231 m5.8 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 289°230 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436147

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