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Byram River Gorge

Byram River Gorge from directly overhead

Byram River Gorge is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Nat. Audubon Society
Getting there

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Coordinates41.08724, -73.70155

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • High Point: 1.4 mi
  • Round Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Cooney Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Reynolds Hill: 3.7 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Lombardi Park: 3.0 mi
  • Wampus Brook Park: 3.2 mi
  • Silver Lake Park: 3.5 mi
  • Kensico Dam Plaza: 3.6 mi
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Founders Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Call to Worship Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Birch Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Stream Garden: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 5.8 mi
  • José Martí: 5.8 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 6.4 mi
  • Current: 8.6 mi
  • Great Hunger Memorial: 8.6 mi
Cliffs
Beaches
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 8.5 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 5.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Cascade: 17.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Cascade: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Byram River Gorge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNNW 336°253 m12.2 mi
French HillNNW 339°236 m13.4 mi
Mount AspetongNNE 17°229 m10.1 mi
Guard HillN 0°226 m8.1 mi
Fox HillNNE 27°223 m12.8 mi
Cat HillNNW 342°221 m12.2 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 329°219 m6.8 mi
Sarles HillNW 314°216 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

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/43399691

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