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Pine Ledge

Pine Ledge from directly overhead

Pine Ledge is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wanzer Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
215 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.52815, -73.48846

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 4.9 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 6.5 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 10.1 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 10.1 mi
Museums: 42
Waterfalls: 33
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Cascades: 11.3 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Personal Gardens: 5.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 10.4 mi
  • Judea Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 11
  • greek letter pi: 8.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 11.5 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 19.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.6 mi
  • Pond View: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Pine Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNNW 327°405 m4.9 mi
Birch HillW 263°386 m3.6 mi
Cranberry MountainWSW 246°376 m4.2 mi
Branch HillNW 324°370 m3.7 mi
Seeley HillNNW 329°368 m5.4 mi
Turner MountainNNW 338°362 m4.2 mi
West MountainNW 306°360 m8.5 mi
Beaver Bog MountainSW 215°358 m2.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267507

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