Nature reserve · Connecticut
Cross Brook Preserve
Cross Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mount Rat stands 352 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Matthau Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Roxbury Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates41.58143, -73.27378
- 24.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Matthau Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Miller Preserve Addition: 0.8 mi
- Styron Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Feiderowicz Refuge: 1.1 mi
- Miller Preserve: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
- Miller Family Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 1.3 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 1.8 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 4.6 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 5.2 mi
Peaks
- Painter Hill: 1.5 mi
- Greenleaf Hill: 1.6 mi
- Booth Hill: 1.6 mi
- Moosehorn Hill: 1.7 mi
- Kavanaugh Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
- Hurlburt Park: 3.0 mi
- Hodge Park: 3.2 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 3.6 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 4.2 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 57
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 4.0 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 5.9 mi
- New Preston Falls: 7.8 mi
- Southford Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cascade: 10.4 mi
Museums: 50
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 3.3 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 3.9 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 33
- Indian village: 3.3 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 3.5 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 5.3 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 5.3 mi
- New Milford Tank: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 24
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 4.4 mi
- Judea Garden: 7.6 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 10.6 mi
- Poet's Circle: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 16
- Morris Town Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.2 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 11.1 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 11.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Bethel Rock: 4.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.4 mi
- Kelly Slide: 9.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 13
- Jean Widmark: 0.9 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 12.0 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 12.1 mi
- Maori Head: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
- Pond View: 18.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 18.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 18.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Dudley Town: 16.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Hermit spring: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Cross Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rat | NNW 348° | 352 m | 7.5 mi |
| Todd Hill | NNE 22° | 344 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Mount Tom | N 5° | 331 m | 7.3 mi |
| Painter Hill | NW 326° | 324 m | 1.5 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | NW 314° | 324 m | 5.0 mi |
| Plumb Hill | NNW 343° | 322 m | 3.2 mi |
| Carmel Hill | NNE 18° | 322 m | 4.1 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | NNW 331° | 315 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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