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Putnam Memorial State Park

Putnam Memorial State Park from directly overhead

Putnam Memorial State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.33970, -73.38189

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 7.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.7 mi
  • South Beach: 10.3 mi
  • North Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Saugatuck Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 24
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 3.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.6 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.3 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 4.5 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 5.9 mi
  • Weir House: 6.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Pond View: 7.8 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Putnam Memorial State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainW 278°304 m5.5 mi
Cranson PeakNE 55°303 m2.8 mi
Moses MountainWNW 288°296 m4.6 mi
Barlow MountainW 261°290 m6.1 mi
Thomas MountainWNW 295°286 m4.3 mi
West MountainWSW 252°285 m7.9 mi
Ned MountainW 275°284 m7.2 mi
Seth Low MountainW 264°283 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Promethea Silkmoth29 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • American Bullfrog26 obs
  • Common Watersnake25 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail25 obs
  • Virginia Creeper Sphinx23 obs
  • Laurel Sphinx22 obs
  • Double-toothed Prominent20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 70000683OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/71447499

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