- Elevation, modelled
- 9 m
- Tallest summit within 7.8 miles
- Ridge Hill134 m · 6.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- North Fork Trail12.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3385, -72.2108
Gorton Pond Boat Launch is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled 9 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Roxbury & Romagna Roads), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off.
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Gorton Pond Boat Launch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Hill | N 9° | 134 m | 6.3 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 346° | 131 m | 7.0 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NW 320° | 129 m | 5.6 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | NW 304° | 123 m | 7.3 mi |
| Morgan Hill | N 9° | 120 m | 5.1 mi |
| Polly Hill | N 9° | 117 m | 4.6 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | NNE 25° | 112 m | 5.1 mi |
| Brown Hill | WNW 301° | 112 m | 6.6 mi |
- 12.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 19.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 20.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169National
- 29.7 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Field: 0.7 mi
- Dodge Pond Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Glendenning Field: 1.2 mi
- Pine Grove Ballfield: 1.3 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 1.4 mi
- Mount Caesar: 0.8 mi
- Green Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Ararat: 1.0 mi
- Mount Tabor: 1.2 mi
- Baptist Hill: 1.3 mi
- Niantic Children’s Museum: 1.3 mi
- Nathaniel Hempstead House: 5.7 mi
- New London County Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Fort Trumbull Visitor Center: 6.0 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 6.1 mi
- East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 2.2 mi
- Columbo Statue: 5.8 mi
- United States Maritime Service Officers School: 6.0 mi
- South Battery: 6.1 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 1.4 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 1.6 mi
- Crescent Beach: 1.7 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 1.8 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 2.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascade: 9.9 mi
- Cascade: 10.1 mi
- Cascade: 11.7 mi
- Cascade: 12.0 mi
- The Whale: 6.2 mi
- turtle rock: 7.9 mi
- tri-town marker: 8.4 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 9.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 10.1 mi
- Cutting Garden: 5.6 mi
- West Garden: 5.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 5.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 5.7 mi
- East Garden: 5.7 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 5.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 6.5 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.3 mi
- Sparky: 8.6 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 10.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 8.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Crow Head: 16.8 mi
- Ram Head: 18.4 mi
- Hedges Bank: 20.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 8.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 18.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
- Powder House: 4.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 4.9 mi
- Old Spring: 12.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 8 mi away.
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