Durham Rod And Gun Club
Durham Rod And Gun Club is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pisgah, a peak 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
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How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pisgah: 0.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.5 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Pisgah Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Gulielmetti Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Mica Ledges: 1.1 mi
- Rockland Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Parmelee Brook Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Abraham Baldwin: 4.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 6.4 mi
- Durham Town Green: 1.8 mi
- Allyn Brook Park: 2.0 mi
- Guida Farms Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 4.0 mi
- Dooley Pond Public Access: 4.4 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 6.0 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 6.1 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 6.2 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 7.4 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.5 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.8 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Gingers Garden: 10.2 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 5.6 mi
- Seven Falls: 5.7 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 6.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.5 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 12.5 mi
- Circle Beach: 12.6 mi
- East Rive Beach: 12.6 mi
- snake: 3.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 7.4 mi
- First Tear: 7.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 8.1 mi
- James Madison: 12.2 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 1.4 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 3.2 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 3.6 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 4.0 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 3.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 16.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 6.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 10.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Durham Rod And Gun Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | NNW 330° | 272 m | 8.2 mi |
| Trimountain | W 280° | 232 m | 4.0 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | W 264° | 230 m | 4.2 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NW 315° | 219 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | WSW 253° | 210 m | 4.1 mi |
| Camels Hump | NNW 327° | 207 m | 7.7 mi |
| Goose Hill | E 95° | 201 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 35° | 199 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439076
Day trips start here
- Essex · 15 mi
- Old Saybrook · 18 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Old Lyme · 21 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Montville · 26 mi
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