Nature reserve · Connecticut

Kathan Woods

Kathan Woods from directly overhead

Kathan Woods is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Head, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by: Prospect Land Trust

Getting there

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Coordinates41.51001, -72.95137

19.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Bluff Head: 0.2 mi
Talmadge Hill: 1.4 mi
Prospect Hill: 1.6 mi
Peck Mountain: 1.8 mi
Turkey Hill: 2.6 mi

Nature reserves

Luke Street Wetland: 0.8 mi
Thomas Pool Memorial: 1.0 mi
Ben's Homestead: 1.1 mi
Briar Court & Salvadore Memorial Preserves: 1.4 mi
Puchalski Property: 1.5 mi

Parks

Mixville Park: 0.8 mi
McGrath Park: 1.3 mi
Forger Park: 1.4 mi
Canfield Park: 1.6 mi
Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.6 mi

Historic sites

Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 2.7 mi
Rochambeau Monument: 4.4 mi
Soldiers' Monument: 5.6 mi
Fountain: 5.6 mi
Carrie Welton Fountain: 5.6 mi

Museums

Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 3.3 mi
Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.4 mi
Mattatuck Museum: 5.8 mi
Jonathan Dickerman House: 6.7 mi
Andrews Homestead Museum: 7.2 mi

Gardens

Butterfly Garden: 5.1 mi
Sustainable Garden: 6.7 mi
Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.7 mi
Japanese Garden: 6.8 mi
Biblical Garden: 6.8 mi

Waterfalls59

Cascade: 1.9 mi
Roaring Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
Intermittent Cascade: 5.9 mi
Intermittent Cascade: 6.0 mi
Hopp Brook Falls: 6.2 mi

Artworks55

Maori Head: 5.2 mi
Greetings from Waterbury: 5.6 mi
Ben Franklin: 5.7 mi
Whale Sculpture: 5.7 mi
End of the Line/West Rock: 12.3 mi

Attractions53

Libby's Lump: 8.1 mi
World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.0 mi
1954: 11.3 mi
Rock House: 11.4 mi
Millstone: 11.6 mi

Beaches49

Mattatuck Beach: 3.2 mi
Dossin Park Beach: 5.9 mi
Boating Side: 9.7 mi
Waterfront: 9.7 mi
Lake Beseck Beach: 11.2 mi

Cliffs22

Whitestone Cliffs: 9.4 mi
Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.7 mi
Bethel Rock: 13.2 mi
Green Wall: 14.5 mi
Ravens Roost: 14.5 mi

Picnic sites7

Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
Pond View: 19.9 mi
The Rotary Pavilion: 20.0 mi
Oak Grove: 20.3 mi
Cedar Grove: 20.6 mi

Rest areas5

Southington Rest Area: 5.0 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 9.5 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.2 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.7 mi

Springs1

Cold Spring: 12.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Kathan Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Lindsley Hill	N 355°	312 m	7.8 mi
Clinton Hill	NNW 338°	303 m	8.0 mi
West Peak	ENE 57°	301 m	6.6 mi
Becar Hill	NNW 346°	297 m	7.9 mi
Compounce Mountain	N 4°	290 m	8.5 mi
Southington Mountain	N 2°	281 m	6.2 mi
East Peak	ENE 61°	277 m	6.8 mi
Andrews Hill	WSW 256°	275 m	7.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:27	19:04
June solstice	05:19	19:48	20:30
September equinox	06:40	18:14	18:51
December solstice	07:16	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	28	30	38	49	59	68	73	72	65	53	42	33
Precip in	3.1	2.9	4.0	4.1	3.5	4.1	3.4	3.5	4.3	4.5	3.4	4.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/871752868

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