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Town Open Space (Toddy Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Toddy Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Toddy Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Tedesco), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.38872, -73.26134

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 4.4 mi
  • South Beach: 12.0 mi
  • North Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.9 mi
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 9.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 9.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 24
  • Millstone: 6.8 mi
  • Millstone: 6.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.2 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.6 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.5 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 5.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 5.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Town Open Space (Toddy Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 245°303 m4.4 mi
Bronson MountainN 357°255 m9.3 mi
Bogus MountainWSW 252°254 m9.0 mi
Sunset HillSW 236°253 m6.3 mi
Taunton HillW 277°251 m4.6 mi
Walnut HillNE 36°242 m7.8 mi
Eden HillSW 215°240 m4.7 mi
Horse HillN 354°236 m7.9 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 solstice07:1715:4316:27

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436123

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