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Bird Hill

Bird Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bird Hill rises to 260 m in Connecticut. Mount Tom stands 393 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Langlois Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
260 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.61482, -73.20567

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Town Green: 1.7 mi
  • Three Rivers Park: 4.2 mi
  • Woodbury North Green: 4.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Al Deland Field: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Miller Family Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 5.3 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 5.6 mi
  • In Memory of George Washington: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 2.1 mi
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 37
Gardens: 32
Cliffs: 21
Artworks: 15
  • Jean Widmark: 4.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 9.3 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 9.4 mi
  • Maori Head: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 8.5 mi
  • Pond View: 20.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hermit spring: 19.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Bird Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 327°393 m6.5 mi
Mount RatNW 315°352 m7.2 mi
Guernsey HillNNE 29°346 m7.6 mi
Todd HillNNW 334°344 m3.2 mi
Poor House HillN 360°336 m5.4 mi
Apple HillN 354°334 m5.4 mi
Little Mount TomNNW 330°331 m5.7 mi
Looking Glass HillNNW 337°331 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260311

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