Nature reserve · Connecticut
Town Open Space (Totoket Road)
Town Open Space (Totoket Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of North Branford
How to reach it
Coordinates41.38063, -72.79560
- 17.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive): 0.5 mi
- McCluskey Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Woodhouse Avenue): 1.2 mi
- Big Gulph: 1.6 mi
- Julius M. Hansen Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- North Hill: 1.4 mi
- Totoket Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sea Hill: 2.1 mi
- West Sugarloaf: 3.1 mi
- East Sugarloaf: 3.3 mi
Parks
- Swajchuk Park: 2.1 mi
- All Saints Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Carina Park: 2.6 mi
- Mill Road Field: 2.9 mi
- Forest Grove Park: 3.0 mi
Museums
- Farming Museum: 3.1 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 5.0 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 5.5 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 6.1 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
- Abraham Baldwin: 4.3 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Lyman Hall Monument: 5.3 mi
Beaches
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 8.0 mi
- Limewood Beach: 8.3 mi
- Montowese Beach: 8.5 mi
- Pebbley Beach: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 58
- Stair Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.3 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.8 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 56
- Wallingford Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 6.9 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 32
- Bear Cave: 4.0 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 5.9 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 6.5 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 7.1 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 23
- snake: 6.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 6.8 mi
- Turtle Statue: 8.0 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 8.3 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Bluff Head: 5.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 5.8 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
- Pond View: 23.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 22.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 22.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 24.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Johnsonville Village: 18.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Cold Spring: 7.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Town Open Space (Totoket Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NW 305° | 263 m | 9.7 mi |
| Trimountain | NNE 30° | 232 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNE 33° | 230 m | 5.1 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NNE 16° | 219 m | 9.5 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 286° | 216 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NE 41° | 210 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NW 305° | 206 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NE 54° | 196 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43438059
Day trips start here
- Essex · 21 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Old Lyme · 26 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 27 mi
- East Lyme · 29 mi
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