Stony Creek-Thimble Island Historic District
Stony Creek-Thimble Island Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Creek Honor Roll World War II, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 22.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stony Creek Honor Roll World War II: 0.0 mi
- A Tribute to the Valor: 0.0 mi
- Korean and Vietnam Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Meigs' Raid American Revolutionary War: 2.8 mi
- Cenotaph: 3.1 mi
- Bayview Park: 0.1 mi
- Youngs Pond Park: 1.4 mi
- Ecology Park: 2.3 mi
- Foote Riverside Park: 2.7 mi
- Foote Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 0.2 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 3.1 mi
- Harrison House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
- Vedder Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Wies Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Goss Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Bob's Woods: 1.3 mi
- Moose Hill Triangle: 1.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.6 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.8 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 3.2 mi
- Notch Hill: 3.6 mi
- Cherry Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 1.7 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 1.8 mi
- Shell Beach: 1.9 mi
- Limewood Beach: 2.3 mi
- Montowese Beach: 2.7 mi
- Cascade: 2.2 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 9.5 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 10.9 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 12.4 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 12.8 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 4.5 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- James Madison: 7.8 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 9.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 9.7 mi
- John B Pierce: 9.7 mi
- An American Dream: 9.7 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 2.5 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Bear Cave: 7.6 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 10.3 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 12.1 mi
- Chimney Corner: 2.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 17.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.9 mi
- Fog Signal House: 20.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 23.2 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 22.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Stony Creek-Thimble Island Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | N 4° | 232 m | 13.2 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | N 3° | 230 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | N 4° | 210 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNW 327° | 206 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNE 18° | 196 m | 13.0 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | N 355° | 176 m | 9.0 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NNE 17° | 167 m | 9.2 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | N 8° | 156 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 7 mi away.
- Osprey45 obs
- Mud Fiddler Crab43 obs
- American wintergreen35 obs
- eastern redcedar31 obs
- pink lady's slipper28 obs
- mountain laurel28 obs
- marsh elder28 obs
- American cancer-root27 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 node/359283170
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 19 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
- East Lyme · 28 mi
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