Windrush Lane Open Space
Windrush Lane Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Andover
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Hill: 0.6 mi
- New Boston Hill: 1.7 mi
- Monument Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mack Hill: 2.6 mi
- Utley Hill: 2.6 mi
- Camp Hi Hoti: 0.8 mi
- Polomski Parcel: 1.4 mi
- Rockledge Drive Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Jagger Lane Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Ridge Road Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Andover Veterans Monument Park: 2.8 mi
- Columbia Recreation Park: 3.2 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.6 mi
- dog memorial: 4.4 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 4.8 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 4.8 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.2 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 7.4 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 7.8 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 7.9 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 8.5 mi
- The Fire Museum: 8.7 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 1.3 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Mary's Garden: 9.1 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 9.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.8 mi
- Insect Hotel: 4.5 mi
- Car Wreck: 6.3 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 7.0 mi
- Hay Tedder: 7.3 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 3.8 mi
- Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Grayville Falls: 6.1 mi
- Case Falls: 6.9 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 7.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 7.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.7 mi
- Crow Point: 12.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 21.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 22.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 23.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 3.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Windrush Lane Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | N 359° | 284 m | 8.1 mi |
| Reed Hill | N 355° | 275 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mannantuck | W 278° | 273 m | 4.6 mi |
| John Tom Hill | W 278° | 272 m | 4.5 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | WSW 239° | 265 m | 9.5 mi |
| Box Hill | NNW 333° | 252 m | 7.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | SW 225° | 241 m | 10.3 mi |
| Post Hill | SE 129° | 239 m | 3.1 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 | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1349085372
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 9 mi
- Willimantic · 9 mi
- Storrs · 10 mi
- Tolland · 12 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 17 mi
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