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Town Open Space (West Gate Road)

Town Open Space (West Gate Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (West Gate Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Colt Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.72730, -72.78121
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Nature Center Ruins: 1.9 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.0 mi
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 2.9 mi
  • Noah Webster Statue: 3.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Wolcott Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 4.0 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 2.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 2.9 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 3.2 mi
  • Green Wall: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 17.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Town Open Space (West Gate Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainWSW 238°313 m10.1 mi
Scranton MountainWNW 284°300 m9.9 mi
Mount HopeW 265°297 m9.9 mi
Compounce MountainSW 231°290 m10.5 mi
Barnes HillWNW 296°283 m9.9 mi
Talcott MountainN 351°276 m5.9 mi
Chippens HillW 261°269 m10.4 mi
Taine MountainWNW 290°268 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442308

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