Tyler Open Space
Tyler Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ash Swamp Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ash Swamp Road Open Space: 0.1 mi
- Loveland Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Grouse Hill Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Longo Farm Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Daniel Civitillo Ash Swamp: 0.5 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mannantuck: 1.1 mi
- John Tom Hill: 1.2 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 3.2 mi
- Car Wreck: 1.3 mi
- Hay Tedder: 1.8 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.7 mi
- Insect Hotel: 2.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.7 mi
- Butler Field: 2.1 mi
- West Road Memorial Field: 2.5 mi
- Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.9 mi
- Mount Nebo Park: 4.3 mi
- Rotary Field: 4.6 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Fire Museum: 4.9 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 5.0 mi
- Museum on the Green: 5.9 mi
- Frog: 4.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.3 mi
- Sorry Rock: 6.6 mi
- Equality: 9.5 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 9.8 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 5.2 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.4 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 7.0 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 7.2 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 1.3 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 1.7 mi
- Case Falls: 4.3 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascades: 5.4 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 7.2 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.2 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.3 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.4 mi
- Crow Point: 6.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 6.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.5 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.1 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 21.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 21.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 3.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Tyler Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NE 34° | 284 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mannantuck | ENE 60° | 273 m | 1.1 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ENE 59° | 272 m | 1.2 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSW 208° | 265 m | 5.5 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 15° | 252 m | 7.3 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSW 194° | 241 m | 7.5 mi |
| Post Hill | ESE 104° | 239 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | N 5° | 237 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/951327608
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Willimantic · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Storrs · 15 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 20 mi
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