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Twinbrook Terrace

Twinbrook Terrace from directly overhead

Twinbrook Terrace is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawthorne Drive, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.1 miles off.

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Coordinates41.33589, -73.21776

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 8.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 10.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 39
Attractions: 23
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.4 mi
  • Millstone: 8.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.9 mi
  • Millstone: 8.9 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.2 mi
  • Heron: 6.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 8.9 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 1.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 1.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 2.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Twinbrook Terrace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 286°303 m6.5 mi
Sunset HillW 271°253 m7.5 mi
Taunton HillWNW 301°251 m8.1 mi
Eden HillW 268°240 m5.0 mi
Moose HillNE 48°231 m6.9 mi
Mount PleasantNW 314°230 m7.6 mi
Fivemile HillNNE 33°223 m7.5 mi
Great HillNW 304°217 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436107

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