Nature reserve · Connecticut
Reservoir Park
Reservoir Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Bear Hill stands 390 m to the north-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of New Milford
How to reach it
Coordinates41.58015, -73.37678
- 25.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Town Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mine Hill: 1.4 mi
- Aspetuck Hill: 1.9 mi
- Second Hill: 1.9 mi
- Raven Rock: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Carter Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Pratt Valley Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Sunny Valley Foundation,Inc.- Hatch Tract: 2.0 mi
- Pratt Valley Prese. (Ct Audubon Society) 2 Parcels: 2.0 mi
- Raven Rock Preserve: 2.1 mi
Parks
- New Milford Center Historic District: 1.7 mi
- Ray Ramsey Park: 1.9 mi
- Youngs Field: 2.0 mi
- Addis Park: 2.3 mi
- Clatter Valley Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.9 mi
- Jim Hulton: 5.2 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 5.2 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 47
- New Preston Falls: 6.7 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.5 mi
Museums: 42
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 1.8 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 3.4 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 3.6 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 4.9 mi
- Northrop House: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 25
- New Milford Tank: 1.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 2.5 mi
- Indian village: 3.4 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 9.6 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 23
- Judea Garden: 7.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.1 mi
- Personal Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.4 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 17
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 6.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.8 mi
- North Beach: 8.0 mi
- South Beach: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Lovers Leap: 3.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 3.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 9.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 11
- Jean Widmark: 5.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.7 mi
- greek letter pi: 12.1 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 14.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Picnic Grove: 17.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 19.6 mi
- Pond View: 19.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 19.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Dudley Town: 15.8 mi
- Dicktown: 21.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 9.5 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Reservoir Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Hill | NNW 348° | 390 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Bushnell | N 7° | 363 m | 7.1 mi |
| Peet Hill | NNW 336° | 359 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wanzer Mountain | WSW 241° | 346 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | NNE 26° | 324 m | 4.0 mi |
| Painter Hill | ENE 74° | 324 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | WSW 244° | 323 m | 4.4 mi |
| Iron Hill | NNW 342° | 323 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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