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Packer Brook Knolls

Packer Brook Knolls from directly overhead

Packer Brook Knolls is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the north-northeast, 2.8 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 8.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Redding Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.32296, -73.34877

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 6.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 5.9 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 1.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.3 mi
  • Heron: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 3.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.8 mi
  • Weir House: 7.2 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.0 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 5.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.8 mi
  • Pond View: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Packer Brook Knolls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakNNE 12°303 m2.8 mi
Moses MountainWNW 293°296 m6.6 mi
Thomas MountainWNW 298°286 m6.4 mi
Wooster MountainWNW 285°275 m6.9 mi
Spruce MountainWNW 290°272 m7.0 mi
Town MountainNW 305°264 m5.9 mi
Bogus MountainWNW 294°254 m4.4 mi
Sunset HillNNW 327°253 m1.2 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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435708

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