Cliff · Connecticut
Fifty Foot Cliff
Fifty Foot Cliff is a cliff in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 30.48 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.79064, -72.21346
- 13.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Hillcrest Drive Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Coney Rock Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Philip Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- David Storrs Chapin Coney Rock Preserve: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 0.4 mi
- Old root cellar: 1.3 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 2.3 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 5.0 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.8 mi
Museums
- Mansfield Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 1.8 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 1.8 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 2.4 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Spring Hill Fields: 1.1 mi
- Southeast Park: 1.6 mi
- Mansfield Town Square: 1.8 mi
- The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 2.4 mi
- Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Wolf Rock: 2.2 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 2.2 mi
- Horsebarn Hill: 2.5 mi
- Ball Hill: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.8 mi
Artworks: 55
- Weaving Shuttle: 1.8 mi
- U’s and C’s: 1.9 mi
- Copper Tower: 1.9 mi
- The Fallen: 2.2 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 38
- Codfish Falls: 2.4 mi
- Cascades: 3.9 mi
- Cascades: 3.9 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 4.4 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 32
- Wolf Rock: 2.2 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 7.1 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 31
- Schwenk Family Garden: 2.5 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 2.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 7
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.4 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 18.4 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Coney Rock: 0.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.1 mi
- Crow Point: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Bara-Hack: 12.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Fifty Foot Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | NNW 341° | 291 m | 7.4 mi |
| Westford Hill | N 7° | 290 m | 8.5 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 282° | 284 m | 9.1 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNW 347° | 275 m | 8.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 16° | 271 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | N 3° | 268 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NE 55° | 257 m | 9.0 mi |
| Grass Hill | NNE 15° | 250 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/793321985
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 2 mi
- Willimantic · 5 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Union · 14 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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