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Keeper's Dwelling

Keeper's Dwelling, seen from above at true elevation

Keeper's Dwelling is a lighthouse in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Moose Hill stands 198 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Stratford Point Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.1 miles off.

About

The story

lighthouse in Stratford, Connecticut, United States

Dates from 1822.

Wikidata Q7621979, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1881
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.15210, -73.10336

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
Museums
Peaks
  • Academy Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Success Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Knobb Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Second Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.5 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 7.5 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Farmill River Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascades: 8.8 mi
  • Cascade: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.8 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
  • Heron: 7.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 8.2 mi
  • An American Dream: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Burr Homestead: 7.7 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 9.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 14.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.2 mi
  • Pond View: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Forbes Bluff: 13.2 mi
  • Duck Island Bluff: 21.2 mi
  • Chimney Corner: 21.3 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 23.9 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Keeper's Dwelling. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 337°198 m13.6 mi
Israel HillNNW 342°192 m12.8 mi
Bugg HillNNW 333°189 m13.3 mi
Tashua HillNW 315°179 m10.7 mi
Walnut Tree HillNNW 342°171 m11.2 mi
Round HillNW 307°170 m11.6 mi
Hirams HillNW 321°167 m13.0 mi
Booth HillNNW 334°160 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:29
September equinox06:4118:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 2 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sniffens Point, CT, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 89001476OpenStreetMap
  • National Register of Historic Places — Stratford Point Lighthouse, reference 89001476, listed 05/29/90.

OpenStreetMap element way/929353578

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