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Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Holcombe)

Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Holcombe) from directly overhead

Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Holcombe) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-southwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Cady Lane), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

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Coordinates41.38974, -73.34863

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • The Pleasance: 2.6 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.6 mi
  • Bennett Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.4 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 11.7 mi
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.3 mi
  • South Beach: 8.3 mi
  • North Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.5 mi
  • Millstone: 10.5 mi
  • Millstone: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 20
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 4.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Pond View: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Holcombe). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWSW 250°304 m7.7 mi
Cranson PeakSSE 164°303 m2.0 mi
Moses MountainWSW 251°296 m6.4 mi
Barlow MountainWSW 241°290 m8.9 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 254°286 m5.9 mi
Wooster MountainWSW 247°275 m7.2 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 251°272 m6.9 mi
Sweet Cake MountainNW 313°265 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435802

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