Bidwell Street Open Space
Bidwell Street Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wickham Brook Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Glastonbury
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wickham Brook Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Lancaster Estates Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Oakwood Drive Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Field Reserve Land: 0.5 mi
- East Carriage Drive Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Rotary Field: 0.4 mi
- Orchard Hill Club: 1.3 mi
- Glastonbury Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Woodbridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Richard H. Ross Field: 1.3 mi
- Museum on the Green: 1.4 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 2.6 mi
- Selden Brewer House: 3.3 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 3.7 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 3.8 mi
- Town Woods Hill: 1.6 mi
- Red Hill: 2.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bush Hill: 2.7 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Frog: 2.6 mi
- Equality: 5.6 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 5.9 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.0 mi
- Emancipation: 6.1 mi
- Cascades: 2.7 mi
- Dividend Falls: 4.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 6.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 6.1 mi
- Slocomb Mill: 2.8 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 3.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.8 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 4.2 mi
- Warner Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Hay Tedder: 2.8 mi
- Constitution Oak: 3.8 mi
- Car Wreck: 4.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 4.2 mi
- Insect Hotel: 6.6 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 3.8 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 3.8 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.6 mi
- Crow Point: 2.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.1 mi
- South Wall: 12.1 mi
- Solar Panel: 12.2 mi
- Superstructure: 12.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 18.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 20.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 7.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Bidwell Street Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | E 86° | 273 m | 5.5 mi |
| John Tom Hill | E 86° | 272 m | 5.6 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSE 159° | 265 m | 5.4 mi |
| Box Hill | NE 43° | 252 m | 9.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | SSE 159° | 241 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 54° | 237 m | 6.0 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 98° | 234 m | 4.1 mi |
| Birch Mountain | ENE 58° | 233 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/947591136
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
- Tolland · 16 mi
- Storrs · 19 mi
- Willimantic · 19 mi
- Somers · 21 mi
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