Willimantic Road Open Space
Willimantic Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunker Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 22.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Utley Hill: 2.5 mi
- Monument Hill: 3.5 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.8 mi
- New Boston Hill: 3.9 mi
- Bear Swamp Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Doris Chamberlain Pond Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Jonathan Trumbull Highway Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Old Andover Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- Rockledge Drive Open Space: 1.9 mi
- dog memorial: 1.4 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.9 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.6 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 6.3 mi
- Andover Veterans Monument Park: 1.8 mi
- Columbia Recreation Park: 2.5 mi
- Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- Veteran Green: 2.7 mi
- Patriots Park: 2.7 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 6.5 mi
- Swifty: 6.6 mi
- Windy: 6.6 mi
- Dove Tower and Inverted Pyramid: 6.6 mi
- Willy: 6.6 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.5 mi
- Mary's Garden: 6.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 6.7 mi
- Cascades: 6.1 mi
- Cascades: 6.1 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cascade: 8.1 mi
- Case Falls: 8.3 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.2 mi
- Wolf Rock: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.0 mi
- Insect Hotel: 7.9 mi
- filled-in well: 9.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 8.2 mi
- Crow Point: 14.7 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 18.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 23.1 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 24.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 19.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 6.8 mi
- Picnic: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Willimantic Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NNW 345° | 294 m | 10.6 mi |
| Grant Hill | NNW 335° | 284 m | 6.5 mi |
| Reed Hill | NNW 336° | 275 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mannantuck | WSW 257° | 273 m | 7.3 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WSW 257° | 272 m | 7.3 mi |
| Box Hill | NW 308° | 252 m | 7.9 mi |
| Post Hill | S 183° | 239 m | 4.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 282° | 237 m | 8.0 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 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 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 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Storrs · 7 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 13 mi
- East Windsor · 17 mi
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