Pine Brook Falls Preserve
Pine Brook Falls Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Brook Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sexton Hill: 0.3 mi
- Hog Hill: 1.6 mi
- White Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Split Rock: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pine Brook Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Upper Pine Brook Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Kruger Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Kruger Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Haddam Wildflower Gorge (Ct Audubon Society): 1.6 mi
- Gingers Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 4.5 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 4.6 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Brickyard Ballfield: 2.8 mi
- Middle Haddam Historic District: 2.9 mi
- Haddam Meadows State Park: 3.1 mi
- Meeting House Green: 3.1 mi
- Seamster Park: 3.3 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 3.1 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 3.2 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 3.3 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 3.5 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 3.5 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 4.6 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 5.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 7.4 mi
- Face in Tree: 6.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 7.4 mi
- First Tear: 8.6 mi
- snake: 11.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 13.3 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 0.3 mi
- Cascade: 2.0 mi
- Tartia Falls: 2.1 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 2.9 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 3.3 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 0.5 mi
- grindstone: 2.6 mi
- George Washington rock: 3.7 mi
- Bible Rock: 4.1 mi
- Mill Turbine: 4.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 17.0 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 17.3 mi
- Middle Beach: 17.4 mi
- Stannard Beach: 17.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.5 mi
- Crow Point: 13.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 3.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 23.5 mi
- Powder House: 23.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Pine Brook Falls Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | NNW 347° | 265 m | 7.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | N 351° | 241 m | 4.9 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NNW 343° | 228 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | NNW 329° | 222 m | 4.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNW 341° | 206 m | 8.5 mi |
| Baker Hill | NNE 15° | 204 m | 4.4 mi |
| Goose Hill | SSW 207° | 201 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 267° | 199 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/821219472
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 10 mi
- Essex · 13 mi
- Old Saybrook · 17 mi
- Old Lyme · 18 mi
- East Lyme · 19 mi
- Montville · 19 mi
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