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Squantz Pond State Park

Squantz Pond State Park from directly overhead

Squantz Pond State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Squantz Pond Boat Launch, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
139 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.51182, -73.47827

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Squantz Pond Boat Launch: 0.3 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: 0.5 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 1.6 mi
  • New Fairfield Town Park: 1.8 mi
  • Candlewood Shores Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 6.0 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 7.5 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 8.9 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 8.9 mi
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 34
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Cascades: 12.4 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 13.0 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Personal Gardens: 5.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 9.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 9.2 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 13.3 mi
  • Judea Garden: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 12
  • greek letter pi: 6.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.3 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 18.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Pond View: 18.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 17.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Squantz Pond State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNNW 328°405 m6.2 mi
Birch HillW 280°386 m4.1 mi
Cranberry MountainW 263°376 m4.4 mi
Branch HillNNW 327°370 m4.9 mi
Seeley HillNNW 330°368 m6.6 mi
Turner MountainNNW 337°362 m5.4 mi
Beaver Bog MountainWSW 245°358 m2.2 mi
Wanzer MountainNW 326°346 m1.5 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.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Toad12 obs
  • striped maple11 obs
  • American beech9 obs
  • mountain laurel9 obs
  • Ghost Pipe9 obs
  • multiflora rose9 obs
  • Wild Turkey8 obs
  • Mallard8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/69489556

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