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Southwestern Ct. Girl Scouts Council-Camp Topside

Southwestern Ct. Girl Scouts Council-Camp Topside from directly overhead

Southwestern Ct. Girl Scouts Council-Camp Topside is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bogus Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

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Coordinates41.51347, -73.46539

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Squantz Pond Boat Launch: 0.4 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: 0.4 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 1.6 mi
  • New Fairfield Town Park: 1.8 mi
  • Cadigan Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 6.0 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 7.3 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 8.9 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 8.9 mi
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 35
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascades: 12.4 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 29
  • Personal Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 9.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 9.2 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Judea Garden: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 12
  • greek letter pi: 6.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 17.9 mi
  • Pond View: 18.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Southwestern Ct. Girl Scouts Council-Camp Topside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNW 323°405 m6.5 mi
Birch HillW 277°386 m4.8 mi
Cranberry MountainW 262°376 m5.1 mi
Branch HillNW 320°370 m5.2 mi
Seeley HillNW 325°368 m6.9 mi
Turner MountainNNW 330°362 m5.6 mi
Beaver Bog MountainWSW 249°358 m2.8 mi
Wanzer MountainNW 307°346 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436497

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