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Browns Corner Recreation Area

Browns Corner Recreation Area from directly overhead

Browns Corner Recreation Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Platt Hill stands 443 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is DEEP protected area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
162 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of New Hartford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.82865, -72.97527
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 2.3 mi
  • Millennium Field: 3.2 mi
  • Callahan Park: 3.4 mi
  • Little League Field: 4.1 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 4.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 4.9 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 6.5 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 57
Gardens: 55
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 9.9 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.1 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 4.0 mi
  • Wreck: 4.4 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 5.7 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 5.9 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 47
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 1.3 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.7 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.8 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 4.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Browns Corner Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platt HillWNW 303°443 m8.7 mi
Pine MountainNNE 14°421 m10.1 mi
Walnut MountainWNW 284°400 m7.4 mi
Burr MountainWNW 300°383 m6.6 mi
Spencer HillNW 326°365 m9.2 mi
Cotton HillWSW 252°360 m3.7 mi
Washington HillNNE 20°359 m9.2 mi
Ratlum MountainNNE 30°358 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wild Turkey11 obs
  • Eastern Newt10 obs
  • American chestnut7 obs
  • turkey-tail7 obs
  • American Toad6 obs
  • Painted Suillus6 obs
  • Sundial Lupine5 obs
  • fan clubmoss5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43442101

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