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Poverty Hollow Falls

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Poverty Hollow Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Poverty Hollow Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the north, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Caroline Adams Davidson, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.31234, -73.33516

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
Beaches
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascade: 4.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 0.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.4 mi
  • Heron: 9.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 3.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.9 mi
  • Weir House: 7.4 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.9 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cedar Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 4.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Pond View: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Poverty Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakN 358°303 m3.5 mi
Moses MountainWNW 296°296 m7.5 mi
Thomas MountainWNW 301°286 m7.3 mi
Wooster MountainWNW 289°275 m7.7 mi
Town MountainNW 306°264 m6.9 mi
Bogus MountainWNW 298°254 m5.4 mi
Sunset HillNW 322°253 m2.2 mi
Taunton HillN 352°251 m5.9 mi

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 solstice07:1715:4316:28

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.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs54.252.477.970.547.829.714.612.717.222.536.158.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Saugatuck River Near Redding, CT, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7329168834

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