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Bayberry Hill Open Space

Bayberry Hill Open Space from directly overhead

Bayberry Hill Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Shagbark Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Glastonbury

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72455, -72.54847

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.0 mi
  • Butler Field: 2.5 mi
  • Rotary Field: 2.5 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 2.9 mi
Attractions
  • Hay Tedder: 1.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 3.6 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.4 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 6.0 mi
Museums
Waterfalls
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Heritage Herb Garden: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 3.8 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.9 mi
  • South Wall: 13.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 13.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Bayberry Hill Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 52°284 m10.5 mi
MannantuckESE 106°273 m4.1 mi
John Tom HillESE 105°272 m4.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 177°265 m6.5 mi
Box HillNE 42°252 m7.2 mi
Clark HillS 173°241 m9.0 mi
Lookout MountainENE 57°237 m3.9 mi
Kongscut MountainSE 130°234 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/948007080

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