Housatonic State Forest

Housatonic State Forest is a Connecticut state forest occupying 11,284 acres in the towns of Sharon, Canaan, Cornwall, North Canaan, Salisbury and Norfolk.

Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cream Hill Shelter and Dean’s Ravine Falls.

Cream Hill Shelter

Shelter

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Cream Hill Shelter is a rustic log shelter in Housatonic State Forest in Cornwall, Connecticut. Built in 1988, it replaced what was at the time one of three surviving log shelters constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut.

Dean’s Ravine Falls

Waterfall

Dean's Ravine Falls is a 50-foot-tall waterfall formed along Reed Brook in Canaan, Connecticut. The falls were once a "must-see" spot along the 2,180-mile-long Appalachian Trail, until the trail was rerouted west of the Housatonic River through Sharon, Connecticut in the early 1980s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canaan and Falls Village.

Canaan

Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canaan is in the Litchfield Hills, otherwise known as the Connecticut Berkshires, in northern Litchfield County.

Falls Village

Village

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Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Falls Village had a population of 383.

Cornwall

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cornwall is a town in Connecticut. It is comprised of many small parts from yesteryear, but today is generally divided into three parts, Cornwall Bridge, West Cornwall, and Cornwall Village.

Housatonic State Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Description: Connecticut state forest
Categories: state forest and recreation area
Location: Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.91621° or 41° 54′ 58″ north

Longitude

-73.30928° or 73° 18′ 33″ west

Elevation

1,145 feet (349 metres)

Operator

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Open location code

87H8WM8R+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359264583

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4836378

Wikidata ID

Q15225953

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Housatonic State Forest” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Housatonic State Forest”
German: “Housatonic State Forest”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Yelping Hill and Cornwall Hollow.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barrack Cemetery and Music Mountain.

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