Poverty Hollow Falls
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
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
- 7.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Redding Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 3.1 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 3.9 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 6.5 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 7.4 mi
- 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
- Meekers Hill: 0.4 mi
- Redding Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Eden Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
- Stepney Green: 3.8 mi
- Randall's Farm Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Tashua Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- William E. Wolfe Park: 4.7 mi
- Memorial Monument: 3.1 mi
- Officer's Quarters: 3.3 mi
- Jean Wells Wallace: 4.2 mi
- Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.2 mi
- Lieutenant Kevin Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 5.9 mi
- 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
- Caroline Adams Davidson: 0.2 mi
- Ground Pine Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Packer Brook Knolls: 0.9 mi
- Little River Estates-Setaside: 1.5 mi
- State of CT: 1.5 mi
- 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
- Saugatuck Falls: 4.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 4.8 mi
- Sheep Falls: 7.5 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 9.8 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 11.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 9.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 13.2 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 13.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 13.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 16.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 16.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.3 mi
- 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
- The Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 13.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Poverty Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | N 358° | 303 m | 3.5 mi |
| Moses Mountain | WNW 296° | 296 m | 7.5 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 301° | 286 m | 7.3 mi |
| Wooster Mountain | WNW 289° | 275 m | 7.7 mi |
| Town Mountain | NW 306° | 264 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bogus Mountain | WNW 298° | 254 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NW 322° | 253 m | 2.2 mi |
| Taunton Hill | N 352° | 251 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 54.2 | 52.4 | 77.9 | 70.5 | 47.8 | 29.7 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 17.2 | 22.5 | 36.1 | 58.8 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7329168834
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 19 mi
- Putnam County · 23 mi
- Port Chester · 27 mi
- Purchase · 27 mi
- Rye Brook · 27 mi
- Valhalla · 27 mi
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