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Drake High Road Bridge

Drake High Road Bridge from directly overhead

Drake High Road Bridge is an attraction in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hop Brook Landing at the Flower Bridge, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

bridge in United States of America

Wikidata Q5305602, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1892
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.86862, -72.79962
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hop Brook Landing at the Flower Bridge: 0.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Simsbury State Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
  • Sixth Form Lawn: 1.4 mi
  • Commencement Lawn: 1.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 1.1 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 3.1 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 3.3 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 5.1 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 56
Artworks: 54
  • Bike Sculpture: 1.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 4.6 mi
  • Cow: 5.2 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 6.1 mi
  • Painted Cow: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Perennial Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 53
  • King Philip's Cave: 2.2 mi
  • Boehm house site: 2.5 mi
  • Heublein Tower: 3.0 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 4.1 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 5.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.0 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 12.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Drake High Road Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 317°421 m9.7 mi
Washington HillNW 315°359 m8.3 mi
Ratlum MountainWNW 282°358 m6.8 mi
Breezy HillW 273°327 m7.2 mi
Pine ConeNNW 327°323 m6.7 mi
West LedgeWNW 298°305 m4.3 mi
Jones MountainW 271°294 m9.0 mi
Bee MountainWSW 251°285 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 84000999OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Drake Hill Road Bridge, reference 84000999, listed 07/19/84.

OpenStreetMap element way/30925489

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