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Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve

Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve from directly overhead

Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jean Wells Wallace, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Aspetuck Land Trust;Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.25554, -73.33837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 0.3 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 0.3 mi
  • Tree Stump Monument: 5.2 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 7.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Cascade: 0.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Cascade: 3.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 5.3 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 3.6 mi
  • Heron: 8.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Pond View: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakN 0°303 m7.4 mi
Sunset HillNNW 348°253 m5.8 mi
Eden HillNNE 13°240 m5.5 mi
Ivy HillWNW 286°234 m7.2 mi
Branchville HillW 276°225 m6.7 mi
Biddle HillW 278°223 m7.1 mi
Picketts RidgeNW 309°221 m7.6 mi
Windy HillWNW 297°220 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American wintergreen31 obs
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • American Toad23 obs
  • red trillium22 obs
  • Ghost Pipe21 obs
  • partridgeberry21 obs
  • striped wintergreen18 obs
  • Christmas fern17 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/93133298

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