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Hearthstone Castle

Hearthstone Castle from directly overhead

Hearthstone Castle is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain End, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

castle

Dates from 1895.

Wikidata Q1592455, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37814, -73.44843

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Rogers Park Memorial Field: 0.5 mi
  • Rogers Park: 0.5 mi
  • Blind Brook Park: 0.8 mi
  • Elmwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Freedom Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Lions Club: 0.6 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 0.6 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 50
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 0.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 0.2 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 5.5 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 49
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.8 mi
  • South Beach: 6.8 mi
  • North Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 1.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.2 mi
  • Weir House: 8.3 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 10.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • P.T. Barnum: 1.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 2.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 2.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.9 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 9.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNNW 327°313 m5.8 mi
Pine MountainSW 228°304 m2.8 mi
Cranson PeakE 101°303 m5.8 mi
Bailey MountainSW 230°299.314 m7.0 mi
Moses MountainSW 216°296 m1.5 mi
Barlow MountainSW 216°290 m4.4 mi
Thomas MountainSSW 209°286 m0.9 mi
West MountainSW 218°285 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/304441066

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