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Town Open Space (White Oak Farm Road)

Town Open Space (White Oak Farm Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (White Oak Farm Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (West Ridge Farm Road), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.5 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.35893, -73.30424

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Stepney Green: 3.3 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 3.3 mi
  • The Pleasance: 3.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.1 mi
  • South Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.8 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.8 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.2 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 3.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.6 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 6.7 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.3 mi
  • Millstone: 9.9 mi
  • Millstone: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 4.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 4.6 mi
  • Pond View: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Town Open Space (White Oak Farm Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakW 278°303 m1.8 mi
Moses MountainW 271°296 m8.4 mi
Thomas MountainW 274°286 m7.9 mi
Town MountainW 277°264 m7.2 mi
Bogus MountainW 264°254 m6.4 mi
Sunset HillWSW 244°253 m3.3 mi
Taunton HillNW 317°251 m3.5 mi
Eden HillSSW 196°240 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435817

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