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Couch Hill Preserve

Couch Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Couch Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Redding
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33781, -73.36200

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 8.5 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
  • South Beach: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 2.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.1 mi
  • Heron: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 4.3 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.9 mi
  • Weir House: 7.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.8 mi
  • Millstone: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 6.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Pond View: 6.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Couch Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainW 278°304 m6.6 mi
Cranson PeakNE 36°303 m2.1 mi
Moses MountainWNW 286°296 m5.6 mi
Barlow MountainW 264°290 m7.1 mi
Thomas MountainWNW 292°286 m5.3 mi
Wooster MountainW 277°275 m6.0 mi
Spruce MountainWNW 283°272 m6.0 mi
Town MountainWNW 299°264 m4.8 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 solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1085130266

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