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Campbell Falls State Park Reserve

Campbell Falls State Park Reserve from directly overhead

Campbell Falls State Park Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04295, -73.22656

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 49
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 44
Attractions: 27
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 14
  • The Beech: 8.3 mi
  • Space Invaders: 8.4 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 8.4 mi
  • Acorn Face: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Campbell Falls State Park Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradford MountainSW 223°584 m5.0 mi
Abbey HillNNE 28°544 m7.5 mi
Bald MountainSSE 154°539 m1.2 mi
Town HillNE 35°538 m8.2 mi
Cowles HillNE 39°537 m5.3 mi
Dry HillN 356°531 m7.0 mi
Stone Man MountainSSW 206°528 m6.6 mi
Wangum Lake HillSSW 198°521 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 5 mi away.

  • American Toad8 obs
  • striped maple5 obs
  • twoleaf miterwort5 obs
  • bluebead lily5 obs
  • hobblebush5 obs
  • Canada yew5 obs
  • Creeping Foamflower5 obs
  • Eastern Newt4 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/68309302

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