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Kelly Slide

Kelly Slide, seen from above at true elevation

Kelly Slide is a cliff in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlewood Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
206 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.58232, -73.45068

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Little League Field: 0.7 mi
  • Lynn Deming Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sega Meadows Park: 1.2 mi
  • Youngs Field: 1.9 mi
  • Ray Ramsey Park: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 59
  • Lois Batchelder: 2.3 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 2.7 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 8.0 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 8.1 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 8.7 mi
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 36
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 8.0 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Personal Gardens: 8.8 mi
  • Judea Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 21
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 9.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 14.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.4 mi
  • Pond View: 21.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 21.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Kelly Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 275°405 m4.7 mi
Bear HillNNE 27°390 m5.9 mi
Birch HillSW 233°386 m6.9 mi
Branch HillW 260°370 m4.2 mi
Seeley HillW 280°368 m4.8 mi
Turner MountainW 272°362 m3.5 mi
Peet HillN 9°359 m6.4 mi
Beaver Bog MountainSSW 210°358 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264997

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