Giant’s Thumb
Giant’s Thumb is in Town of Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. Giant’s Thumb is situated nearby to the peak Raccoon Hill, as well as near the nature reserve Hamlet Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scoville Library and Great Falls.
Scoville Library
Library
Photo: Phinisi Stuart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scoville Memorial Library is the public library of Salisbury, Connecticut. Established in 1803, it was the first in the United States open to the public free of charge. Scoville Library is situated 1½ miles west of Giant’s Thumb.
Great Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Jgcoleman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Falls is a waterfall formed along the Housatonic River at Falls Village in the town of Canaan amidst Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Great Falls is the highest volume waterfall in the state, though a great deal of its potential water volume is diverted immediately upstream during most of the year for hydro-electric power generation.
Salisbury School
School
Salisbury School is an elite all-boys, private college-preparatory boarding school in Salisbury, Connecticut. It was founded in 1901 by the Reverend George E. Salisbury School is situated 2 miles north of Giant’s Thumb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury and Falls Village.
Salisbury
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Salisbury is a city in Connecticut. It includes the village of Lakeville, home to Lime Rock Park raceway.
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 2 miles southeast of Giant’s Thumb.
Lakeville
Village
Lakeville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, close to Dutchess County, New York. It is within the town of Salisbury, but has its own ZIP Code. Lakeville is situated 2½ miles west of Giant’s Thumb.
Giant’s Thumb
- Type: Rock
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Town of Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.97572° or 41° 58′ 33″ northLongitude
-73.39566° or 73° 23′ 44″ westOpen location code
87H8XJG3+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 1436417377OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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