West Road Open Space
West Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Windermere Avenue Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ellington
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Windermere Avenue Open Space: 0.1 mi
- West Street Railroad Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Pinney Street Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Pinney Street Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Town of Vernon Property: 1.0 mi
- Saxony Mill Park: 0.4 mi
- West Main Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Talcott Park: 1.0 mi
- Central Park: 1.0 mi
- American Legion Field: 1.1 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 1.0 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 5.1 mi
- East Windsor Historical Society Museum: 6.1 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.4 mi
- Reed Hill: 3.8 mi
- Paulk Hill: 4.2 mi
- Box Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sugar Hill: 5.2 mi
- sensory garden: 1.5 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 5.1 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 8.1 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 8.2 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 8.3 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 5.0 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 8.8 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 9.0 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Sorry Rock: 5.3 mi
- Frog: 10.4 mi
- The Walking Wall: 11.8 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 11.8 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 11.9 mi
- filled-in well: 2.8 mi
- The Dreamyard: 8.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 9.6 mi
- Hay Tedder: 12.1 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 12.7 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 1.3 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 3.5 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 7.1 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 7.7 mi
- Case Falls: 7.7 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.7 mi
- Crow Point: 13.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 11.2 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 13.7 mi
- Babbs Beach: 18.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.0 mi
- Rd: 24.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.5 mi
- Picnic: 22.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of West Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 33° | 332 m | 10.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 15° | 323 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 19° | 322 m | 8.8 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | NNE 25° | 315 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 17° | 303 m | 11.9 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | NNE 16° | 298 m | 10.9 mi |
| Paulk Hill | E 82° | 294 m | 4.2 mi |
| Crow Hill | NE 37° | 292 m | 10.5 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 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349366569
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 5 mi
- East Windsor · 6 mi
- Somers · 8 mi
- Storrs · 12 mi
- Hampden · 14 mi
- Longmeadow · 14 mi
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