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North Road Open Space

North Road Open Space from directly overhead

North Road Open Space is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Swamp Tract, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space (North Road)

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.34391, -72.14418

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Beaches
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions: 27
  • The Whale: 2.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 7.3 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 7.3 mi
  • turtle rock: 9.8 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Silver Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Cascade: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Nathan Hale Statue: 2.3 mi
  • Sparky: 6.8 mi
  • Monty the T-Rex: 7.4 mi
  • Stonehenge Replica: 7.5 mi
  • John Kelley Statue: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Wildflower Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 3.0 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Bertholf Plaza: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of North Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillN 357°149 m7.4 mi
Crandall HillN 6°137 m7.7 mi
Ridge HillNNW 337°134 m6.4 mi
Morgan HillNNW 330°120 m5.4 mi
Polly HillNNW 327°117 m5.0 mi
Konomoc HillNNW 343°112 m4.4 mi
Pie HillN 3°109 m6.8 mi
Gungywamp HillNE 50°108 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Piping Plover14 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee14 obs
  • common mugwort12 obs
  • common milkweed9 obs
  • roundleaf greenbrier9 obs
  • wineberry9 obs
  • Huron Skipper9 obs
  • butterfly milkweed8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43439791

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