Wiacek Open Space
Wiacek Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Ten Coat Lane, Rear), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Shelton
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space (Ten Coat Lane, Rear): 0.5 mi
- Shelton Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Shelton Lakes Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Maple Avenue): 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Kings Highway Ext., Rear): 1.0 mi
- Riverview Park: 1.1 mi
- Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 1.3 mi
- Coon Hollow Park: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Derby Greenway: 2.1 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 1.3 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Americana Museum: 6.0 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 6.0 mi
- Lower White Hills: 1.7 mi
- Windy Hill: 2.3 mi
- Upper White Hills: 2.5 mi
- Walnut Tree Hill: 2.6 mi
- Coram Hill: 2.7 mi
- The Vine Sign: 2.4 mi
- Witek Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.8 mi
- The Castle: 5.1 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 5.6 mi
- Zoar Beach: 4.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 8.6 mi
- Gulf Beach: 8.8 mi
- Silver Beach: 8.8 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Eklund Garden: 1.3 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 6.1 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Yale Landscape Lab: 8.2 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 1.1 mi
- Cascade: 2.1 mi
- Cascades: 3.0 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 4.5 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.8 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.8 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 7.7 mi
- Millstone: 9.5 mi
- Millstone: 9.6 mi
- Mother Mary: 4.7 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 6.0 mi
- Heron: 6.3 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.9 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 15.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.0 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Pond View: 5.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 5.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 11.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.8 mi
- Fog Signal House: 11.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.2 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Wiacek Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 3° | 231 m | 5.5 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 353° | 223 m | 7.3 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NW 318° | 206 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 343° | 205 m | 8.5 mi |
| Great Hill | N 8° | 202 m | 2.9 mi |
| Barn Hill | WNW 296° | 200 m | 3.5 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NNE 25° | 199 m | 8.0 mi |
| Moose Hill | W 280° | 198 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1011887051
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 27 mi
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