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Town Open Space (West Of Chief Street)

Town Open Space (West Of Chief Street) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (West Of Chief Street) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (East Of Chief Street), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.97441, -72.56261

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Powder Hollow Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hazardville Playground: 1.7 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 2.5 mi
  • D'Aleo Park: 2.5 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.6 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.6 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 4.8 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 6.5 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Side Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Back Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.5 mi
Artworks
  • The Three Graces: 7.1 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 8.7 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 8.9 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 8.9 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 48
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.9 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.9 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.9 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Hockanum Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 10.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 11.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Indian Leap: 13.4 mi
  • Flag Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 18.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 18.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 15.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Town Open Space (West Of Chief Street). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillE 80°332 m10.8 mi
Moon MountainENE 57°330 m12.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 63°323 m8.9 mi
Bald MountainE 81°322 m7.9 mi
Pine MountainENE 60°319 m9.5 mi
Soapstone MountainE 98°315 m7.8 mi
Bald MountainENE 62°303 m9.3 mi
Perkins MountainENE 66°298 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439747

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