Cream Hill Shelter
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Housatonic State Forest and Dean’s Ravine Falls.
Housatonic State Forest
Nature reserve
Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Housatonic State Forest is a Connecticut state forest occupying 10,894 acres in the towns of Sharon, Canaan, Cornwall, and North Canaan. The state forest includes two Connecticut natural area preserves, Gold's Pines and Canaan Mountain, and is the only Connecticut state forest that includes a portion of the Appalachian Trail.
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. Dean’s Ravine Falls is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Cream Hill Shelter.
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
Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 538, out of 1,234 in the entire town of Canaan. Falls Village is situated 3½ miles northwest of Cream Hill Shelter.
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.
Cream Hill Shelter
- Type: Shelter
- Description: lean-to in Cornwall, United States of America
- Category: lean-to
- Location: Town of Cornwall, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.91116° or 41° 54′ 40″ northLongitude
-73.32451° or 73° 19′ 28″ westOpen location code
87H8WM6G+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5206175875OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=shelterWikidata ID
Q29096784
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