Cliff · Connecticut
Bluff Head
Bluff Head is a cliff in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Meyerhuber Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 117 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.41105, -72.69691
- 23.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Meyerhuber Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 0.5 mi
- Braemore Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rockland Preserve: 2.0 mi
Parks
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Guilford Town Park: 1.4 mi
- Durham Town Green: 4.2 mi
- Allyn Brook Park: 4.6 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
Peaks
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pistapaug Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 2.8 mi
- East Sugarloaf: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Abraham Baldwin: 1.3 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 4.7 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 7.0 mi
Museums
- Durham Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Farming Museum: 7.9 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 60
- Wallingford Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 5.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.7 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 9.3 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 9.3 mi
Beaches
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.5 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 10.0 mi
- Circle Beach: 10.2 mi
- Shell Beach: 10.3 mi
- East Rive Beach: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 58
- Stair Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 5.7 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 8.0 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 8.0 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 46
- snake: 1.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 10.4 mi
- James Madison: 10.4 mi
- First Tear: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 39
- Dodge Dump Truck: 1.3 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 1.8 mi
- Bear Cave: 2.7 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 3.6 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Broomstick Ledges: 0.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.3 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 22.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Cold Spring: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Johnsonville Village: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Bluff Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | NNW 347° | 272 m | 10.0 mi |
| Trimountain | NNW 329° | 232 m | 3.9 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NW 314° | 230 m | 3.2 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NNW 340° | 219 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NW 305° | 210 m | 2.5 mi |
| Camels Hump | NNW 346° | 207 m | 9.4 mi |
| Goose Hill | ENE 72° | 201 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 35° | 199 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260417
Day trips start here
- Essex · 16 mi
- Old Saybrook · 18 mi
- Old Lyme · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- East Lyme · 25 mi
- Montville · 28 mi
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