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Town Open Space (West Of Somers Road)

Town Open Space (West Of Somers Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (West Of Somers Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Peck Hill stands 336 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (East Of Somers Road), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00679, -72.51134

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hazardville Playground: 1.8 mi
  • Powder Hollow Park: 2.2 mi
  • Whitacres Park: 3.1 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Turner Park: 3.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 49
Waterfalls: 30
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 12.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 11
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic: 22.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 14.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 14.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Town Open Space (West Of Somers Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peck HillENE 73°336 m11.1 mi
Chestnut HillE 92°332 m8.0 mi
Moon MountainENE 59°330 m9.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 71°323 m5.6 mi
Bald MountainESE 101°322 m5.3 mi
Pine MountainENE 66°319 m6.1 mi
Moulton HillENE 76°317 m12.0 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 123°315 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442448

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