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Bush Hill Farm

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Bush Hill Farm is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Manchester Land Conservation Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73893, -72.55944

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 1.9 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.3 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 2.6 mi
  • Attawanhood Park: 2.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.4 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 3.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.2 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Cascades: 5.3 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 3.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.7 mi
  • South Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.6 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Bush Hill Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillENE 59°284 m10.4 mi
Reed HillNE 48°275 m10.9 mi
MannantuckESE 115°273 m4.9 mi
John Tom HillESE 115°272 m4.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 173°265 m7.6 mi
Box HillNE 51°252 m7.0 mi
Clark HillS 170°241 m10.1 mi
Lookout MountainENE 74°237 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/788319452

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