Kettletown State Park
Kettletown State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Charcoal Hearth Site, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 0.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 0.6 mi
- The Castle: 3.3 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 3.4 mi
- Candle wall: 3.6 mi
- Hulls Hill: 0.6 mi
- Georges Hill: 1.4 mi
- Osborn Hill: 1.7 mi
- Good Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 2.1 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 1.1 mi
- Zoar Beach: 3.2 mi
- South Beach: 13.7 mi
- North Beach: 13.8 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 15.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Park: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road): 1.7 mi
- Lake Zoar Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Mountain Mannor Road): 1.8 mi
- Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
- Aggie Park: 2.7 mi
- Ryan's Courts: 3.4 mi
- Lily Park: 3.5 mi
- Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.0 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 4.9 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 7.9 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 8.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.0 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Eklund Garden: 9.3 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 0.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 3.2 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 7.1 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
- Millstone: 3.1 mi
- Millstone: 3.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.4 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 11.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 10.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 10.7 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.2 mi
- Mother Mary: 11.3 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 11.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 11.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.1 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 16.4 mi
- Pond View: 7.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.4 mi
- Fog Signal House: 19.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Kettletown State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NE 55° | 275 m | 7.3 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NE 42° | 273 m | 6.3 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NNW 342° | 256 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bronson Mountain | NNW 334° | 255 m | 7.7 mi |
| Taunton Hill | WSW 256° | 251 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | ENE 64° | 246 m | 7.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 23° | 242 m | 4.3 mi |
| Huntington Hill | ENE 63° | 237 m | 7.9 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 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.
- American wintergreen19 obs
- Bobcat17 obs
- striped wintergreen15 obs
- partridgeberry15 obs
- Christmas fern13 obs
- garlic mustard12 obs
- red trillium11 obs
- Canada mayflower11 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 way/1217916189
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 28 mi
- Stamford · 29 mi
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