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Roosevelt Forest

Roosevelt Forest from directly overhead

Roosevelt Forest is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Merritt Industrial Park Greenbelt, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
52 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.24991, -73.12964

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Merritt Industrial Park Greenbelt: 1.0 mi
  • Spring Pond Park: 1.3 mi
  • Far Mill River Park: 1.7 mi
  • Far Mill River Park: 1.7 mi
  • Gristmill Open Space: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
Museums
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Americana Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 1.7 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.8 mi
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 1.4 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Liberty Rock: 3.6 mi
  • World War II: 4.2 mi
  • Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 4.3 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 34
  • Farmill River Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Cascades: 2.0 mi
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 24
Attractions: 19
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.7 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.2 mi
  • Pond View: 7.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Roosevelt Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillN 3°231 m10.5 mi
Great HillN 5°202 m7.9 mi
Barn HillNNW 336°200 m7.1 mi
Moose HillNW 325°198 m7.0 mi
Israel HillNNW 334°192 m6.0 mi
Rockhouse HillN 357°192 m9.4 mi
Bugg HillNW 318°189 m6.9 mi
Upper White HillsNNW 348°188 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398049

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