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Birch Hill Estates Open Space

Birch Hill Estates Open Space from directly overhead

Birch Hill Estates Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley View Farms Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.83197, -72.54039
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sand Hill / Nevers Park: 0.8 mi
  • Larry Duprey Field: 1.1 mi
  • Ayers Road Parcel: 1.3 mi
  • Northwest Park: 2.1 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.6 mi
  • filled-in well: 4.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.7 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 9.0 mi
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 58
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.8 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Crow Point: 9.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Birch Hill Estates Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNE 37°315 m11.0 mi
Paulk HillENE 67°294 m8.6 mi
Kendall HillNE 56°290 m11.0 mi
Grant HillE 97°284 m8.0 mi
Sugar HillENE 64°282 m9.7 mi
Reed HillE 83°275 m7.2 mi
MannantuckSSE 158°273 m9.2 mi
John Tom HillSSE 158°272 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439822

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