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Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve

Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve from directly overhead

Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 358 m. Above All stands 450 m to the north, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinker Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
358 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.68684, -73.36225
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lake Waramaug Boat Ramp (Town of Washington): 0.6 mi
  • Warren Town Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Bryan Plaza: 3.9 mi
  • Town Green: 4.1 mi
  • Sunnyfield: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 52
  • Mill Ruins: 0.8 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 7.0 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 8.1 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 8.9 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 9.4 mi
Museums: 42
Waterfalls: 39
Attractions: 26
  • Peter's Forge: 4.1 mi
  • Indian village: 5.6 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 6.0 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 8.0 mi
  • Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 14
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 13
Artworks: 8
  • Jean Widmark: 9.4 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 18.8 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 18.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 18.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 20.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Above AllN 10°450 m2.8 mi
Town HillNNE 29°429 m4.6 mi
Bromica MountainNNW 328°428 m4.7 mi
Huckleberry HillNNW 345°426 m3.7 mi
Mauwee PeakNW 323°426 m5.2 mi
Flanders MountainNNW 328°422 m5.7 mi
City HillNE 38°413 m4.0 mi
Saint Johns PeakNW 321°407 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 18 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • wild geranium14 obs
  • ragged-robin13 obs
  • mountain laurel12 obs
  • striped wintergreen12 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary12 obs
  • pink lady's slipper11 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/68519778

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