- Elevation, modelled
- 11 m
- Tallest summit within 12.7 miles
- Fowler Mountain230 m · 11.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Merritt Parkway14.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 41.2814, -72.8106
Branford is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled 11 m. Fowler Mountain stands 230 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
building in Branford, CT
Dates from 1857.
Wikidata Q20164476, matched on coordinates and name (24 m apart).
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Branford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Mountain | NNE 18° | 230 m | 11.7 mi |
| High Rock | NW 323° | 216 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNE 20° | 210 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNW 338° | 206 m | 11.1 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 306° | 190 m | 12.4 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NNE 16° | 176 m | 8.3 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NE 36° | 167 m | 9.7 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | NNE 32° | 156 m | 7.7 mi |
- 14.8 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
- 24.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Baldwin Hill: 0.0 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.7 mi
- Branford Hill: 2.0 mi
- Lidyhites Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- Cenotaph: 0.0 mi
- World War II: 0.2 mi
- Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 2.9 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 3.0 mi
- World War Memorial: 3.0 mi
Museums
- Harrison House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Connecticut Trolley Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Shore Line Trolley Museum: 2.8 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 3.1 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 5.9 mi
Beaches
- Limewood Beach: 1.7 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 1.7 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 1.7 mi
- Montowese Beach: 1.7 mi
- Pebbley Beach: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 42
- Cascade: 5.2 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 9.3 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 10.2 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 10.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 23
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 2.7 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 5.1 mi
- Bear Cave: 8.0 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 9.8 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 11.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 17.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 17.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 20.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Pleasure Beach: 20.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Essex · 22 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Old Lyme · 26 mi
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