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Bixby Meadow

Bixby Meadow from directly overhead

Bixby Meadow is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Birch Hill stands 247 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Roy Memorial Park, a park 0.7 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 1.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Litchfield Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.82152, -71.43859

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roy Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Continental Park: 1.6 mi
  • Scott Innes Sr. Fields: 1.8 mi
  • Elks Playground: 2.4 mi
  • Litchfield Muster Field: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Hudson Speedway: 1.6 mi
  • Labyrinth: 5.0 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 6.2 mi
  • Taylor's Bingo Hall: 7.2 mi
  • SkyVenture: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Matthew Thornton Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Big Moose: 3.1 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 3.2 mi
  • Major General John Gray Foster: 4.1 mi
  • Hudson 9/11 Memorial: 4.1 mi
Artworks
  • Millennium Child: 3.2 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 4.2 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Children Reading: 4.2 mi
  • Moon Shadow: 4.3 mi
Museums: 59
  • Nashua Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • Morrison House Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Old Pine Hill School House: 6.8 mi
  • Derry Museum of History: 6.9 mi
  • Windham Town Museum: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 33
Beaches: 25
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wildcat Falls: 4.2 mi
  • The Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 7.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Bixby Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillWSW 252°247 m10.7 mi
Federal HillW 263°210 m9.8 mi
Walnut HillWNW 300°189 m9.3 mi
Warner HillENE 63°182 m9.8 mi
Jeremy HillSE 141°171 m6.6 mi
Hubbard HillENE 63°155 m10.4 mi
Ryan HillENE 71°153 m7.8 mi
Eagle RockW 281°153 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867737163514030
Precip in3.43.24.34.23.94.33.73.94.04.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua 2 NNW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1412952335

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