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Vinnick Open Space

Vinnick Open Space from directly overhead

Vinnick Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is L. Longo Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.70661, -72.50193
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 1.3 mi
  • Car Wreck: 1.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.2 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 3.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.3 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 3.8 mi
  • Rotary Field: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 2.0 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.3 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: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Vinnick Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 38°284 m9.7 mi
MannantuckE 84°273 m1.5 mi
John Tom HillE 84°272 m1.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 202°265 m5.7 mi
Box HillNNE 20°252 m7.1 mi
Clark HillS 189°241 m7.8 mi
Post HillESE 106°239 m8.8 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 14°237 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/951327600

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