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Centennial Watershed State Forest

Centennial Watershed State Forest from directly overhead

Centennial Watershed State Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the north, 5.3 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.97488, -73.47428

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Bauer Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Cannon Park And Ballfield: 1.9 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Trotta Field: 2.8 mi
Museums: 37
Historic sites: 35
Waterfalls: 27
  • Riga Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Newsboy Statue: 15.3 mi
  • Diving Lady: 16.2 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 16.8 mi
  • Naked Lady: 17.0 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 9.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Centennial Watershed State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount FrissellN 356°747 m5.3 mi
Mount AshleyN 360°725 m6.0 mi
Mount RaceNNE 16°723 m7.7 mi
Bear MountainNNE 12°708 m4.9 mi
Brace MountainN 349°706 m4.9 mi
South Brace MountainN 349°702 m4.5 mi
Round MountainN 359°695 m5.1 mi
Alander MountainN 349°680 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:34
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1333330808

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