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Bill Burr 4-H Park

Bill Burr 4-H Park from directly overhead

Bill Burr 4-H Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennings Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Fairfield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.14941, -73.25166

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jennings Park: 0.2 mi
  • Jennings Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Sunnie Holm Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fairfield Village Green: 0.6 mi
  • Fairfield Village Green: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Roger Ludlow: 0.2 mi
  • Powder House - 1814: 0.4 mi
  • Fairfield Honor Roll: 0.5 mi
  • Saint Mary’s By-The-Sea: 1.0 mi
  • Ash Creek Restoration Project: 1.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.9 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • New England Avenue Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Old Fording Place: 1.0 mi
  • The Preserve at Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea: 1.1 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 51
  • Heron: 7.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 9.4 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade: 8.3 mi
  • Cascade: 10.6 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascades: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 0.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.5 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Bill Burr 4-H Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillN 1°179 m7.7 mi
Walnut Tree HillNNE 21°171 m11.7 mi
Round HillNNW 347°170 m7.3 mi
Hirams HillN 357°167 m10.3 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 290°164 m11.6 mi
Booth HillNNE 21°160 m9.6 mi
Powells HillNW 325°159 m7.3 mi
Sport HillN 352°154 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398850

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