Pitch Pines Park
Pitch Pines Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. East Peak stands 277 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Briar Ridge, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of North Haven
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Briar Ridge: 0.4 mi
- Wharton Brook Natural Area Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Mariot Circle & Cardinal Drive): 1.2 mi
- West Dayton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Reskin & Field Drives): 1.4 mi
- Wharton Brook State Park: 0.7 mi
- Pond Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- Forest Grove Park: 1.0 mi
- Kendrick Park: 1.5 mi
- Pat Wall Field: 1.8 mi
- Farming Museum: 1.3 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 3.5 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 6.9 mi
- Pond Hill: 2.2 mi
- Spice Hill: 2.4 mi
- North Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Carmel: 3.1 mi
- Mount Tom: 3.2 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Lyman Hall Monument: 2.7 mi
- South Quad: 3.2 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.2 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 4.7 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 6.2 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 8.5 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 10.6 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 10.8 mi
- Limewood Beach: 11.0 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 6.7 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 6.8 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 7.7 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 5.6 mi
- Bear Cave: 6.6 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 8.1 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 8.3 mi
- 1954: 10.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 7.1 mi
- Turtle Statue: 8.0 mi
- snake: 8.3 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 8.4 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 7.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 7.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Chimney Corner: 13.2 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 18.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
- Pond View: 22.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 22.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 22.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 23.1 mi
- Fog Signal House: 23.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 24.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Pitch Pines Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peak | N 359° | 277 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Sanford | WNW 298° | 263 m | 6.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NW 308° | 260 m | 9.6 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | WNW 299° | 253 m | 8.1 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | NW 308° | 246 m | 9.2 mi |
| Trimountain | ENE 60° | 232 m | 5.8 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | ENE 69° | 230 m | 5.1 mi |
| Beacon Cap | WNW 290° | 221 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 4 mi away.
- Osprey33 obs
- garlic mustard22 obs
- multiflora rose22 obs
- Blue Jay21 obs
- winged euonymus16 obs
- lesser celandine15 obs
- Great Blue Heron13 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker13 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1171231576
Day trips start here
- Essex · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 25 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 28 mi
- Old Lyme · 28 mi
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