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Windsorville Road Open Space

Windsorville Road Open Space from directly overhead

Windsorville Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Vernon Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.86720, -72.48909
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • American Legion Field: 1.2 mi
  • Saxony Mill Park: 1.2 mi
  • Dart Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • West Main Street Park: 1.9 mi
  • Talcott Park: 2.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 2.7 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 57
  • filled-in well: 3.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.0 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 11.5 mi
  • Keney Tower: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 49
  • Hockanum Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 3.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Rd: 24.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
  • Picnic: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Windsorville Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 36°332 m11.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 20°323 m12.2 mi
Bald MountainNNE 25°322 m9.5 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 32°315 m7.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 21°303 m12.5 mi
Perkins MountainNNE 20°298 m11.6 mi
Paulk HillE 80°294 m5.4 mi
Crow HillNE 40°292 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349366518

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