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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 86 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is 3-town marker, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

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Coordinates41.26722, -73.36667

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 1.8 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 1.8 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.3 mi
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 8.6 mi
Beaches
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Southport Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Burying Hill Beach: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Cascade: 1.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 3.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.6 mi
  • Heron: 9.6 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 19
  • 3-town marker: 0.6 mi
  • Weir House: 4.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 8.3 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.5 mi
  • Pond View: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Centennial Watershed State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNNE 13°303 m6.7 mi
Barlow MountainWNW 301°290 m8.0 mi
Wooster MountainNW 314°275 m8.0 mi
Bogus MountainNNW 331°254 m6.5 mi
Sunset HillN 3°253 m4.9 mi
Eden HillNNE 31°240 m5.3 mi
Ivy HillWNW 282°234 m5.5 mi
Prospect HillW 279°228 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American wintergreen23 obs
  • partridgeberry23 obs
  • mountain laurel20 obs
  • striped wintergreen20 obs
  • Ghost Pipe19 obs
  • American Toad19 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage18 obs
  • Wood Frog17 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9678799759

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