Housatonic State Forest
Housatonic State Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 350 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Music Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Music Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Howe Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cream Hill: 1.3 mi
- Titus Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pond Hill: 1.8 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.5 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 2.6 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 2.0 mi
- Town Green: 3.9 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 5.3 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 6.1 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Cascade: 1.6 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 1.8 mi
- Pothole Falls: 2.4 mi
- Great Falls: 4.5 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 6.1 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 6.5 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.6 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 12.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 13.1 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 3.9 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 5.0 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 7.5 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 7.6 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 6.8 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 7.7 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 8.9 mi
- Folly: 9.6 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 13.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 16.0 mi
- The Beech: 16.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 16.3 mi
- Holland Beach: 11.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 16.4 mi
- County Beach: 22.7 mi
- East Beach: 23.6 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.4 mi
- Judea Garden: 16.2 mi
- Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Flower Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Herb Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 15.9 mi
- Big Spring: 16.0 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 18.7 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 20.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 20.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.8 mi
- Questing: 14.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Housatonic State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | N 9° | 584 m | 5.1 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | NNE 26° | 528 m | 3.1 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NE 35° | 521 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | S 174° | 513 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | SE 125° | 504 m | 5.4 mi |
| The Pinnacle | S 178° | 502 m | 6.6 mi |
| Red Mountain | S 169° | 499 m | 4.8 mi |
| The Matterhorn | NE 53° | 498 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Newt6 obs
- purple pitcher plant6 obs
- sensitive fern6 obs
- common jewelweed4 obs
- interrupted fern4 obs
- Canada mayflower4 obs
- intermediate wood fern4 obs
- Beech Leaf Disease4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359264583
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Great Barrington · 20 mi
- Otis · 22 mi
- Stockbridge · 26 mi
- Blandford · 27 mi
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