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Willington Avenue Open Space

Willington Avenue Open Space from directly overhead

Willington Avenue Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is River Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Stafford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.94916, -72.30233

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Haymarket Square: 0.3 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 0.9 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 1.0 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.1 mi
  • Olympic Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.2 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 7.1 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 8.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 54
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.1 mi
  • Goat Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.6 mi
  • filled-in well: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.6 mi
  • sensory garden: 8.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 9.9 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Cascade: 3.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Cascades: 9.5 mi
  • Cascades: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Rd: 24.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 12.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Willington Avenue Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 46°396 m6.7 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 20°379 m9.5 mi
Bald HillENE 72°371 m5.7 mi
Stickney HillENE 64°371 m6.8 mi
Snow HillE 86°362 m4.8 mi
Lead Mine HillE 82°361 m6.1 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 62°354 m4.1 mi
Tupper HillNNE 15°352 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1344555150

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