Butternut Falls
Butternut Falls is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Todd Hill stands 344 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is East Meadow Brook Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Flanders Nature Center
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Minortown Road Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Parker/Hart Refuge: 0.8 mi
- Rollingwood: 0.9 mi
- Leavenworth Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Town Of Woodbury Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Hogpen Hill: 1.2 mi
- Peacock Hill: 1.6 mi
- Brushy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Orenaug Hills: 1.9 mi
- Church Hill: 1.9 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 1.5 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 1.5 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 2.4 mi
- Hollow Park: 2.7 mi
- Meadowview Park: 4.7 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 2.4 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 3.1 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 3.6 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 4.1 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.4 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 4.7 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 7.1 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 0.0 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 3.0 mi
- Cascade: 7.2 mi
- Southford Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 2.4 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 6.6 mi
- Poet's Circle: 6.6 mi
- Biblical Garden: 6.6 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 4.7 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 4.8 mi
- Indian village: 7.1 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 7.2 mi
- Rock House: 7.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 3.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.0 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.0 mi
- Maori Head: 8.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 2.2 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 7.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.0 mi
- Kelly Slide: 13.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 8.1 mi
- Waterfront: 9.1 mi
- Boating Side: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.3 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
- Pond View: 17.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 18.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Butternut Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Hill | NNW 342° | 344 m | 6.2 mi |
| Painter Hill | WNW 292° | 324 m | 5.1 mi |
| Carmel Hill | NNW 330° | 322 m | 5.3 mi |
| Plumb Hill | NW 307° | 322 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bell Hill | NW 309° | 299 m | 6.5 mi |
| Magnolia Hill | N 3° | 294 m | 4.6 mi |
| Good Hill | WSW 251° | 292 m | 3.5 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 129° | 292 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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