Charcoal Hearth Site
Charcoal Hearth Site is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hulls Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
Supplying fuel to local furnaces and foundries from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jackson Cove Beach: 0.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 2.9 mi
- South Beach: 14.1 mi
- North Beach: 14.2 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 15.2 mi
- Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
- Aggie Park: 2.3 mi
- Ryan's Courts: 3.1 mi
- Lily Park: 3.2 mi
- Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.3 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 5.1 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 6.5 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 7.8 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 8.0 mi
- Hulls Hill: 0.3 mi
- Good Hill: 1.6 mi
- Osborn Hill: 1.6 mi
- Georges Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 2.0 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 0.9 mi
- The Castle: 3.0 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 3.4 mi
- Candle wall: 3.9 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 5.7 mi
- Kettletown State Park: 0.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Park: 1.0 mi
- Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road): 1.5 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Mountain Mannor Road): 2.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.2 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Eklund Garden: 9.0 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 0.4 mi
- Southford Falls: 3.2 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 6.8 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 9.8 mi
- Millstone: 3.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.3 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.2 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 12.0 mi
- 3-town marker: 13.2 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 10.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 11.0 mi
- Mother Mary: 11.0 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.5 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 11.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 11.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 16.5 mi
- Pond View: 7.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.5 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Charcoal Hearth Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NE 52° | 275 m | 7.2 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NE 39° | 273 m | 6.2 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NNW 341° | 256 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bronson Mountain | NNW 333° | 255 m | 8.0 mi |
| Taunton Hill | WSW 259° | 251 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | ENE 61° | 246 m | 6.9 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 18° | 242 m | 4.4 mi |
| Huntington Hill | ENE 60° | 237 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3707762335
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 28 mi
- Stamford · 29 mi
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