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Pine Rock Park

Pine Rock Park from directly overhead

Pine Rock Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Far Mill River Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
45 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.27315, -73.10872

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Far Mill River Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pine Rock Parks: 0.9 mi
  • Tall Farm Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Pine Rock Parks: 1.0 mi
  • Pearl Bach Open Space: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Vine Sign: 3.3 mi
  • Witek Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • World War II: 4.4 mi
  • Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 4.5 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 51
  • Eklund Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 2.6 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Cascades: 0.8 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Cascade: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 21
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.4 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 11.7 mi
  • Millstone: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Pond View: 7.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 3.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 3.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Pine Rock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillN 357°231 m8.9 mi
Osborn HillNNW 328°206 m10.2 mi
Great HillN 356°202 m6.3 mi
Barn HillNW 321°200 m6.3 mi
Moose HillNW 309°198 m6.5 mi
Israel HillNW 316°192 m5.3 mi
Rockhouse HillNNW 349°192 m7.9 mi
Round HillNE 35°190 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
  • Northern Cardinal21 obs
  • Red Fox17 obs
  • Green Frog14 obs
  • Wood Frog13 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco10 obs
  • Spotted Salamander10 obs
  • mountain laurel10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286704

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