Birchbank Mountain Open Space
Birchbank Mountain Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Hunters Mountain stands 246 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Round Hill Road), a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Shelton
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space (Round Hill Road): 0.6 mi
- Keith Mitchell Forest: 1.0 mi
- Town Open Space (Pine Tree Hill Rd.) 2 Parcels: 1.0 mi
- French's Hill Open Space: 1.2 mi
- East Village Park: 1.3 mi
- Round Hill: 0.8 mi
- Upper White Hills: 0.9 mi
- Great Hill: 1.6 mi
- Rockhouse Hill: 1.9 mi
- Barn Hill: 2.2 mi
- Webb Mountain Park: 1.0 mi
- East Village Park: 1.6 mi
- Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Gary Park: 2.1 mi
- Coon Hollow Park: 3.1 mi
- Zoar Beach: 2.3 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.3 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 11.4 mi
- Gulf Beach: 11.5 mi
- Silver Beach: 11.5 mi
- The Castle: 2.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 3.7 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 4.3 mi
- The Vine Sign: 4.6 mi
- Witek Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 3.0 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 6.6 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 8.3 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Eklund Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 8.7 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 1.7 mi
- Cascade: 4.7 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascades: 5.6 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.4 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.1 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.4 mi
- Millstone: 6.9 mi
- Millstone: 7.0 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 10.1 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.7 mi
- Heron: 8.1 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 8.6 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 10.2 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- Pond View: 5.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 5.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 5.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 13.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.4 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.4 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 22.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Birchbank Mountain Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Mountain | NNE 23° | 246 m | 8.3 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 350° | 242 m | 8.6 mi |
| Eden Hill | W 259° | 240 m | 8.9 mi |
| Huntington Hill | NNE 26° | 237 m | 9.0 mi |
| Moose Hill | NNE 25° | 231 m | 3.4 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 4° | 223 m | 4.8 mi |
| Towantic Hill | NNE 16° | 219 m | 7.5 mi |
| Jacks Hill | N 9° | 213 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1007651931
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 28 mi
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