Folly
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Folly is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Von Ahn Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- King Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 1.7 mi
- Indian Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Tan Fat Hill: 3.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Mudge Pond Town Beach: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Field: 1.3 mi
- Bauer Park: 4.9 mi
- Bucksbaum Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 5.0 mi
- Von Ahn Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Beardsley Pond: 2.5 mi
- Moore Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Benton Hill Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Tory Hill Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 5.1 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 11.5 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Riga Falls: 7.4 mi
- Great Falls: 7.5 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 7.9 mi
- Lime Kiln: 1.1 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 8.4 mi
- War Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 10.1 mi
- Dough Boy: 12.1 mi
- Grand Staircase: 12.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 20.8 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 22.0 mi
- Kelly Slide: 22.4 mi
- East Beach: 16.8 mi
- West Beach: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 20.5 mi
- Holland Beach: 21.1 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 3.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 7.1 mi
- wings castle: 10.4 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 12.4 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 12.8 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 16.5 mi
- Judea Garden: 17.4 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 20.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 20.7 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 22.7 mi
- Diving Lady: 19.1 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 20.3 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 21.8 mi
- Naked Lady: 22.0 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 22.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 9.9 mi
- Questing: 19.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Folly. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | NNE 12° | 588 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Riga | NNE 12° | 534 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lion's Head | NNE 19° | 531 m | 7.6 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | N 4° | 518 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bird Peak | N 7° | 477 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ellsworth Hill | SSE 163° | 473 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sharon Mountain | SE 124° | 445 m | 5.2 mi |
| Barrack Mountain | ENE 75° | 445 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13626144436
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 21 mi
- Monterey · 24 mi
- Berkshires · 25 mi
- Stockbridge · 28 mi
- Otis · 29 mi
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