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Windshire Abbe Open Space (2 Parcels)

Windshire Abbe Open Space (2 Parcels) from directly overhead

Windshire Abbe Open Space (2 Parcels) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.84368, -72.53889
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sand Hill / Nevers Park: 0.5 mi
  • Larry Duprey Field: 0.7 mi
  • Ayers Road Parcel: 1.1 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 2.4 mi
  • Northwest Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions: 60
  • The Dreamyard: 4.0 mi
  • filled-in well: 4.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 7.5 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.6 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 9.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.6 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 54
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Crow Point: 10.3 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 5
  • Windham Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.4 mi
  • Rd: 24.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Windshire Abbe Open Space (2 Parcels). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 33°322 m12.2 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 39°315 m10.3 mi
Paulk HillENE 72°294 m8.3 mi
Kendall HillENE 60°290 m10.5 mi
Grant HillESE 103°284 m8.0 mi
Sugar HillENE 68°282 m9.3 mi
Reed HillE 89°275 m7.0 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 40°275 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43442336

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