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Curtis Farms Tract

Curtis Farms Tract from directly overhead

Curtis Farms Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the west-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Woods Hill, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Middlebury Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.52157, -73.10009

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Ledgewood Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Meadowview Park: 1.9 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • U.S.D.A plaque: 2.3 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Fountain: 3.1 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 50
  • Mattatuck Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 8.3 mi
  • Boating Side: 8.3 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 49
Attractions: 41
Artworks: 25
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 3.6 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 3.7 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 3.7 mi
  • Maori Head: 4.0 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Bethel Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 7.3 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 8.4 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 14.6 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 8.3 mi
  • Pond View: 15.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Curtis Farms Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillWNW 294°292 m2.0 mi
Blackmans HillWNW 291°282 m3.8 mi
Andrews HillS 169°275 m2.6 mi
Woodruff HillSSW 209°273 m2.5 mi
Bucks HillNNE 33°268 m7.2 mi
Turkey HillE 89°263 m5.2 mi
Prospect HillESE 102°260 m6.3 mi
Hopkins HillESE 117°259 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1203003676

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