Editing Winsted, Connecticut (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|12.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|12.0|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 3.73%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_09.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Connecticut| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

Winsted sits in the eastern part of the town of Winchester at the confluence of the [[Still River (Housatonic River tributary)|Still]] and [[Mad River (Connecticut)|Mad Rivers]]. This Mad River is one of seven rivers with the same name in New England, one other of which is also in Connecticut. The Still River continues north as a tributary of the [[Farmington River]] and is part of the [[Connecticut River]] watershed.

The city is laid out in a horseshoe-shaped valley ringed by seven hills; two other hills stand amid this, comprising a total of nine named hills.

There are five stone churches in a crescent from east to west. In their exact center is the Castle Tower Civil War monument, a stone tower of over 40 feet erected in 1890.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQ714_Castle_Tower_Civil_War_Monument_Winsted_in_Winchester_CT |title=Castle Tower Civil War Monument - Winsted in Winchester, CT |author=neoc1 |date=January 1, 2016 |website=Waymarking.com |access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

The city is crossed by [[U.S. Route 44#Connecticut|U.S. Route 44]], [[Connecticut Route 8]], [[Connecticut Route 183]] and [[Connecticut Route 263]]. US 44 leads southeast {{convert|25|mi}} to [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], the state capital, and northwest {{convert|17|mi}} to [[North Canaan, Connecticut|North Canaan]]. Route 8 leads south {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]] and {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]], and north {{Convert|26|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts|U.S. Route 20]] in [[West Becket, Massachusetts]].