Oakwood Drive Open Space
Oakwood Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Town of Glastonbury, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Oakwood Drive Open Space is situated nearby to the hamlet Addison, as well as near the neighborhood J. B. Williams Co. Historic District.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gideon Welles House and J B Williams Memorial Park.
Gideon Welles House
Historic building
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gideon Welles House is a historic house at 17 Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Built in 1783, it was home to generations of the locally prominent Welles family, whose most famous member was Gideon Welles, the United States Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
J B Williams Memorial Park
Nature reserve
Named for James Baker Williams, founder of JB Williams Soap Company, J. B. Williams Park is located on Neipsic Road in Glastonbury, Connecticut, just off Route 2. It is a popular park for hiking, softball, fishing, ice-skating, and cross-country skiing.
Abraham Coult House
Historic building
The Abraham Coult House is a historic house at 1695 Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Built in about 1706 and enlarged several times, it is a well-preserved colonial residence, exhibiting changing construction methods through its alterations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wethersfield and Glastonbury.
Wethersfield
Glastonbury
Town
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Glastonbury is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States, officially founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636. It was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England.
Glastonbury Center
Hamlet
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Glastonbury Center is a census-designated place that constitutes the densely populated center of Glastonbury in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Glastonbury Center had a population of 8,459.
Oakwood Drive Open Space
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: forest and recreation area
- Location: Town of Glastonbury, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.7079° or 41° 42′ 28″ northLongitude
-72.578° or 72° 34′ 41″ westOperator
GlastonburyOpen location code
87H9PC5C+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 949278783OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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