Wells Road Open Space
Wells Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Street Open Space, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ellington
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bridge Street Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Maple Street Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Broad Brook Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Cedarwood Drive Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Foster Drive Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Arbor Park: 1.3 mi
- East Windsor Town Park: 2.9 mi
- EW Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Mill Pond: 3.2 mi
- Pierce Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- sensory garden: 3.3 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 6.7 mi
- Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 9.8 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 10.3 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 10.4 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 3.8 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- East Windsor Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Connecticut Fire Truck and Motor Coach Museum: 5.9 mi
- Fox Hill: 4.2 mi
- Soapstone Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Newell Hill: 4.7 mi
- Paulk Hill: 5.5 mi
- Sugar Hill: 5.9 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 6.9 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 7.5 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 9.0 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Sorry Rock: 8.4 mi
- The Three Graces: 12.1 mi
- Cow: 12.9 mi
- Frog: 13.1 mi
- Cow Mermaid Statue: 13.3 mi
- filled-in well: 6.1 mi
- The Dreamyard: 9.5 mi
- Goat Rock: 10.2 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 10.9 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 11.0 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 4.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 6.5 mi
- Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 9.8 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 10.7 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.0 mi
- Crow Point: 16.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 16.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 16.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 8.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 10.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.7 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.5 mi
- Rd: 21.0 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.3 mi
- Picnic: 21.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.4 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Wells Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NE 48° | 332 m | 8.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 26° | 323 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 35° | 322 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 25° | 319 m | 9.6 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | NE 51° | 315 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 27° | 303 m | 9.2 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | NNE 27° | 298 m | 8.2 mi |
| Paulk Hill | ESE 117° | 294 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349366533
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 4 mi
- Somers · 5 mi
- Tolland · 7 mi
- Hampden · 11 mi
- Longmeadow · 11 mi
- Storrs · 14 mi
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