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Hospital Rock

Hospital Rock from directly overhead

Hospital Rock is an attraction in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is plinth, a historic site 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Ancient names of smallpox patients, 66 inscriptions in total.
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.69196, -72.82600
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • plinth: 0.6 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.5 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.5 mi
  • World War I Monument: 2.8 mi
Attractions
  • Will Warren's Den: 0.6 mi
  • Carousel: 5.5 mi
  • The Carrals: 5.5 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 5.5 mi
  • Kettles: 5.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Sunken Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Wolcott Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 7.1 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 20
  • Green Wall: 0.7 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 0.8 mi
  • South Wall: 5.3 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.3 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 17.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Hospital Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainWNW 296°354 m9.7 mi
South MountainWSW 245°313 m6.9 mi
Lindsley HillWSW 236°312 m8.6 mi
West PeakS 186°301 m9.0 mi
Scranton MountainWNW 303°300 m8.7 mi
Mount HopeWNW 282°297 m7.7 mi
Becar HillWSW 240°297 m9.7 mi
Compounce MountainSW 235°290 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8402409770

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