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Lovers Leap

Lovers Leap, seen from above at true elevation

Lovers Leap is a cliff in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 60 m. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Pit Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
60 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.54037, -73.40512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 5.9 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 6.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 6.5 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 6.5 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 7.4 mi
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 41
Gardens: 25
  • Personal Gardens: 9.6 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Judea Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 13
Artworks: 12
  • Jean Widmark: 7.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 11.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
  • Pond View: 17.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillWNW 295°405 m7.8 mi
Birch HillW 261°386 m8.0 mi
Branch HillWNW 289°370 m6.8 mi
Seeley HillWNW 298°368 m8.0 mi
Turner MountainWNW 297°362 m6.6 mi
Beaver Bog MountainWSW 243°358 m6.5 mi
Wanzer MountainW 261°346 m4.7 mi
Lower Church HillNNE 27°324 m7.1 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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359265651

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