Abraham Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Quonnipaug Mountain, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.
Birthplace of Abraham Baldwin
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land: 1.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 1.6 mi
- Priscilla Otte Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Meyerhuber Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Guilford Town Park: 1.1 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Marcus Cooke Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Durham Town Green: 5.2 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Farming Museum: 6.8 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 8.1 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 8.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 8.0 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 9.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 9.5 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 9.8 mi
- Circle Beach: 9.8 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 0.9 mi
- East Sugarloaf: 1.9 mi
- West Sugarloaf: 2.0 mi
- Pistapaug Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Totoket Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 4.9 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 6.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 9.1 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 6.2 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 8.0 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 8.8 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 8.9 mi
- Bear Cave: 1.7 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 2.2 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 3.0 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 3.8 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 7.7 mi
- snake: 2.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.5 mi
- James Madison: 10.3 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 11.0 mi
- First Tear: 11.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 1.3 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 1.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 21.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Abraham Baldwin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | N 353° | 272 m | 10.5 mi |
| Trimountain | NNW 346° | 232 m | 4.2 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNW 337° | 230 m | 3.2 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | N 349° | 219 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNW 334° | 210 m | 2.4 mi |
| Camels Hump | N 353° | 207 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel | WNW 283° | 206 m | 9.2 mi |
| Goose Hill | ENE 69° | 201 m | 8.4 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 | 15:41 | 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13408006432
Day trips start here
- Essex · 17 mi
- Old Saybrook · 19 mi
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 25 mi
- Montville · 29 mi
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