Nature reserve · Connecticut

Byram River Gorge

Byram River Gorge from directly overhead

Byram River Gorge is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 1.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: The Nature Conservancy

Getting there

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Coordinates41.09126, -73.70137

1.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
3.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
12.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National

Overlooks nearby

Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 16 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

High Point: 1.5 mi
Round Hill: 1.7 mi
Cooney Hill: 1.7 mi
Kennelwood Hill: 3.4 mi
Reynolds Hill: 3.7 mi

Parks

Lombardi Park: 2.7 mi
Wampus Brook Park: 2.9 mi
A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 3.4 mi
Silver Lake Park: 3.7 mi
Kensico Dam Plaza: 3.7 mi

Gardens

Founders Garden: 2.9 mi
Prayer Garden: 3.0 mi
Call to Worship Garden: 3.0 mi
Birch Grove: 3.8 mi
Stream Garden: 3.8 mi

Museums

Neuberger Musuem of Art: 3.0 mi
Neuberger Museum of Art: 3.0 mi
Putnam Cottage Museum: 5.7 mi
MNH Outpost: 6.0 mi
Bruce Museum: 6.4 mi

Historic sites

NRHP Plaque: 3.5 mi
The Rising: 3.6 mi
cannon: 3.6 mi
1BCG: 4.3 mi
Meyer Estate House Ruins: 4.7 mi

Attractions

Bush-Lyon Homestead: 5.7 mi
Bedford Village Historic District: 8.3 mi
Headless Horseman Statue: 8.3 mi
Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 8.4 mi
Philipsburg Manor: 8.5 mi

Artworks

Pollinator Pathway Mural: 5.9 mi
José Martí: 6.1 mi
The Millenium Sundial: 6.6 mi
Current: 8.6 mi
Converging Vistas: 8.7 mi

Cliffs

Raven's Rock: 6.0 mi
Castle Rock: 11.3 mi
Indian Rock Shelter: 12.2 mi
Old Raven Rocks: 12.3 mi
Palisades: 13.9 mi

Beaches

Picnic sites14

The Meadow: 8.4 mi
Reserved Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
Pell Hill: 12.9 mi
Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
Excelsior Picnic Area: 14.5 mi

Waterfalls10

Farms Falls: 5.0 mi
The Falls: 15.8 mi
Cascade: 16.8 mi
Sheep Falls: 17.0 mi
Cascade: 18.9 mi

Lighthouses7

Rest areas3

RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
Danbury Rest Area: 22.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Cuties Island: 10.6 mi
Doodletown: 21.3 mi

Springs1

The Silver Spring: 15.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Byram River Gorge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Turkey Mountain	NNW 335°	253 m	12.0 mi
French Hill	NNW 338°	236 m	13.1 mi
Mount Aspetong	NNE 17°	229 m	9.9 mi
Guard Hill	N 0°	226 m	7.9 mi
Fox Hill	NNE 27°	223 m	12.5 mi
Cat Hill	NNW 342°	221 m	12.0 mi
Chappaqua Hill	NNW 328°	219 m	6.6 mi
Sarles Hill	NW 312°	216 m	6.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:59	18:31	19:07
June solstice	05:23	19:50	20:31
September equinox	06:43	18:18	18:54
December solstice	07:17	15:46	16:30

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	30	32	39	50	60	69	74	72	65	54	44	35
Precip in	3.2	2.5	4.1	4.2	3.9	4.3	4.1	4.4	4.9	4.3	3.6	4.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398550

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