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Bug Hill Road Tract

Bug Hill Road Tract from directly overhead

Bug Hill Road Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is High Meadow Estates, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.2 miles off.

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Coordinates41.32248, -73.23086

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Castle: 4.3 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.8 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth Site: 6.9 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Eklund Garden: 5.8 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 8.7 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 37
Artworks: 23
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.4 mi
  • Heron: 5.9 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 8.6 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 2.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.9 mi
  • Millstone: 9.9 mi
  • Millstone: 10.0 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 0.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 0.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Bug Hill Road Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 296°303 m6.2 mi
Sunset HillW 279°253 m6.9 mi
Taunton HillNW 310°251 m8.0 mi
Eden HillW 279°240 m4.4 mi
Moose HillNE 47°231 m8.0 mi
Mount PleasantNW 323°230 m7.8 mi
Fivemile HillNNE 33°223 m8.6 mi
Great HillNW 312°217 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436083

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