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Black Rock State Park

Black Rock State Park from directly overhead

Black Rock State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 167 m. Jefferson Hill stands 378 m to the north-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
167 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.65668, -73.10715
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nystrom Park: 1.7 mi
  • Town Playground: 1.8 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.9 mi
  • Village Green: 2.1 mi
  • Kenea Park: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 2.1 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Cascade: 3.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 50
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 6.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 47
  • Ben Franklin: 7.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 7.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 7.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 8.1 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 46
Cliffs: 21
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 1.3 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 3.7 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.1 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.2 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 15
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Grove: 3.7 mi
  • Pond View: 24.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 15.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Black Rock State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jefferson HillNNW 337°378 m6.8 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 328°359 m6.3 mi
Guernsey HillNNW 339°346 m4.0 mi
Todd HillW 270°344 m6.5 mi
Scoville HillN 5°340 m7.0 mi
Poor House HillWNW 296°336 m5.7 mi
Apple HillWNW 293°334 m6.2 mi
Little Mount TomWNW 284°331 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen13 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage9 obs
  • eastern hemlock8 obs
  • mountain laurel7 obs
  • sassafras7 obs
  • Turkey Vulture6 obs
  • Mallard6 obs
  • Ghost Pipe6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/69489277

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