Birch Hill Road Open Space East
Birch Hill Road Open Space East is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Hill Road Open Space North, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Hebron
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Birch Hill Road Open Space North: 0.2 mi
- Birch Hill Road Open Space West: 0.3 mi
- Grayville Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Grayville Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Old Bernstein Property: 0.5 mi
- CT Salmon River State Park: 1.0 mi
- Little League Baseball Park: 1.1 mi
- Colchester Fish and Game Club: 1.7 mi
- Colchester Recreation Complex: 2.1 mi
- Schuster Park: 2.4 mi
- Jeremiahs Back: 1.7 mi
- Burrows Hill: 2.3 mi
- Chalker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mill Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 2.3 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 2.3 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 7.5 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 7.7 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.1 mi
- fern and rock garden: 5.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.6 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 7.7 mi
- Gingers Garden: 9.7 mi
- Grayville Falls: 0.3 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Moodus Falls: 7.6 mi
- Tartia Falls: 7.7 mi
- Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.4 mi
- Insect Hotel: 6.4 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 7.0 mi
- Mill Turbine: 7.8 mi
- Car Wreck: 8.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.2 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 20.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 20.4 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 21.8 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 22.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 13.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Crow Point: 14.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 15.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 8.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 11.4 mi
- Old Spring: 23.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 21.8 mi
- Powder House: 22.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Birch Hill Road Open Space East. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannantuck | NW 320° | 273 m | 8.8 mi |
| John Tom Hill | NW 320° | 272 m | 8.8 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | W 278° | 265 m | 9.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | W 262° | 241 m | 8.6 mi |
| Post Hill | NNE 16° | 239 m | 4.3 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | NW 309° | 234 m | 9.3 mi |
| Burnt Hill | NNW 349° | 229 m | 5.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | W 270° | 228 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/941855677
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 3 mi
- Willimantic · 10 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 13 mi
- Montville · 15 mi
- Norwich · 15 mi
- Storrs · 15 mi
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