West Street Open Space
West Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Corporate Place Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Corporate Place Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Elm Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Rocky Hill Community Farm: 0.8 mi
- Highland Street Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Dinosaur State Park: 1.0 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 1.9 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 1.9 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 3.7 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Maxwell Park: 1.4 mi
- Old Common: 1.7 mi
- Center Green: 1.7 mi
- Watrous Park: 1.8 mi
- Harvey Fuller Grounds: 2.0 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 1.5 mi
- Vexation Hill: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.1 mi
- Wolf Pit Hill: 2.9 mi
- Harriss Hill: 2.9 mi
- Butler Grist Mill: 1.6 mi
- Butler Saw Mill: 1.6 mi
- Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 1.7 mi
- Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 1.7 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 2.0 mi
- Dividend Falls: 2.0 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cascades: 4.5 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.6 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 2.6 mi
- Home: 5.8 mi
- First Tear: 6.5 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.8 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 4.1 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
- Constitution Oak: 4.1 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 6.0 mi
- State Forest Quarry #1: 7.8 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 7.9 mi
- 1954: 7.9 mi
- Crow Point: 4.6 mi
- Green Wall: 9.0 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 9.0 mi
- South Wall: 10.3 mi
- Solar Panel: 10.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 16.2 mi
- Boating Side: 19.1 mi
- Waterfront: 19.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of West Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SSW 207° | 272 m | 8.0 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 104° | 265 m | 6.8 mi |
| Clark Hill | ESE 118° | 241 m | 8.5 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ESE 115° | 228 m | 7.1 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 131° | 222 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 252° | 217 m | 8.2 mi |
| Camels Hump | SSW 205° | 207 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | W 272° | 207 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1017702803
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
- East Windsor · 19 mi
- Tolland · 22 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
- Willimantic · 24 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
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