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Housatonic Overlook

Housatonic Overlook from directly overhead

Housatonic Overlook is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunnyside Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Orange
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.28940, -73.06335

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunnyside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tall Farm Open Space: 1.7 mi
  • O'Sullivan's Island Recreation Park: 2.0 mi
  • Derby Greenway: 2.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 54
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 3.2 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 4.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Cascade: 2.0 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Cascades: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.5 mi
  • Mother Mary: 5.6 mi
  • End of the Line/West Rock: 6.4 mi
  • An American Dream: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 21
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.5 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.2 mi
  • Millstone: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 1.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 1.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.2 mi
  • Pond View: 9.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Housatonic Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 340°231 m8.3 mi
Great HillNNW 332°202 m5.8 mi
Barn HillWNW 301°200 m7.3 mi
Rock RimmonN 1°199 m9.5 mi
Moose HillWNW 292°198 m8.0 mi
Israel HillWNW 294°192 m6.7 mi
Rockhouse HillNNW 329°192 m7.7 mi
Round HillNNE 25°190 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/329609811

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