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Town Open Space (Bushy Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Bushy Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Bushy Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.38805, -73.30272

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 1.3 mi
  • The Pleasance: 1.4 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 6.6 mi
  • South Beach: 10.2 mi
  • North Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.7 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 8.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.0 mi
  • Mother Mary: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Pond View: 6.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Town Open Space (Bushy Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakSW 226°303 m2.5 mi
Moses MountainWSW 257°296 m8.7 mi
Thomas MountainW 259°286 m8.1 mi
Town MountainW 261°264 m7.3 mi
Bogus MountainWSW 247°254 m7.0 mi
Sunset HillSW 221°253 m4.6 mi
Taunton HillWNW 283°251 m2.5 mi
Eden HillS 189°240 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435853

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