West Main Street Open Space
West Main Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Thornbush Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.
Town Open Space (West Main Street); Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Windham
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Thornbush Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Windfield Acres: 0.6 mi
- Stafford Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Woods Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Flanders River Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 1.1 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 5.5 mi
- Webb Lawn: 1.7 mi
- War Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Wilimantic Whitewater Park: 1.9 mi
- Sunny Acres Park: 2.1 mi
- Guild Field: 2.1 mi
- Hosmer Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bush Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 3.1 mi
- Cooks Hill: 3.3 mi
- Willy: 2.4 mi
- Swifty: 2.4 mi
- Manny: 2.4 mi
- Windy: 2.4 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 5.5 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 4.5 mi
- dog memorial: 4.7 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.2 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 5.7 mi
- Cascades: 6.1 mi
- Cascades: 6.2 mi
- Codfish Falls: 6.9 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 7.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 8.4 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 2.4 mi
- Wolf Rock: 3.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 5.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 9.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 9.9 mi
- Mary's Garden: 2.3 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.4 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 5.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.1 mi
- Crow Point: 18.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 18.7 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 19.9 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 23.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 9.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 16.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 2.5 mi
- Picnic: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of West Main Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NW 312° | 284 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NE 39° | 241 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sunset Hill | ENE 62° | 240 m | 10.1 mi |
| Post Hill | SW 230° | 239 m | 5.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 66° | 235 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | ENE 62° | 232 m | 8.8 mi |
| Burnt Hill | WSW 250° | 229 m | 7.2 mi |
| Riley Mountain | NW 322° | 223 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/967618319
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 2 mi
- Storrs · 6 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 9 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
- Tolland · 12 mi
- Norwich · 15 mi
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