Cold Spring
Cold Spring is a spring in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is College Woods, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- College Woods: 0.1 mi
- East Rock Park: 0.3 mi
- Edgerton Park: 0.6 mi
- The Park on Nash: 0.6 mi
- East Rock Park-Blake Field: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.3 mi
- Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 0.6 mi
- Eli Whitney Plaque: 0.8 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 1.3 mi
- Joe Grate Corner: 1.3 mi
- East Rock: 0.3 mi
- Indian Head: 0.4 mi
- Snake Rock: 0.6 mi
- Whitney Peak: 0.6 mi
- Mill Rock: 1.1 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Henry and Irene Garguilo Wildlife Refuge: 1.8 mi
- Glacial Kettle: 1.9 mi
- Palmieri Parcel: 2.0 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Shell Beach: 5.6 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 5.8 mi
- Short Beach: 5.8 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 5.8 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 5.9 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.9 mi
- Desert House: 0.9 mi
- Pollinator garden: 0.9 mi
- Camellias: 0.9 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.3 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sperry Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.5 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 6.3 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.6 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.5 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 0.3 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.2 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.4 mi
- An American Dream: 2.1 mi
- John B Pierce: 2.1 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.2 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.2 mi
- Pond View: 16.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 15.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 348° | 263 m | 9.6 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 344° | 216 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 8° | 206 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NW 312° | 199 m | 10.4 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 327° | 193 m | 8.2 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 311° | 190 m | 6.4 mi |
| Peck Hill | WNW 300° | 183 m | 7.3 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | ENE 56° | 176 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 60.2 | 59.7 | 86.7 | 89.3 | 59.2 | 47.9 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 27.5 | 37.3 | 60.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mill River Near Hamden, CT, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel227 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly213 obs
- American Robin184 obs
- common mugwort183 obs
- Mourning Dove169 obs
- White-throated Sparrow168 obs
- multiflora rose162 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk151 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9805225961
Day trips start here
- Essex · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 27 mi
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