Bates Rocks
Bates Rocks rises to 120 m in Connecticut. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is East Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31807596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 120 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Hill: 0.3 mi
- Sawtooth Rocks: 0.4 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.4 mi
- Durkee Hill: 1.4 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.7 mi
- Janie Pierce Park: 0.5 mi
- Aisley Meadows: 1.5 mi
- Skinner: 1.6 mi
- Transylvania Woods: 1.7 mi
- Mayflower: 1.8 mi
- George Bennett Park: 1.1 mi
- Ballantine Park: 1.6 mi
- Traditions Park: 1.6 mi
- George Ewald Park: 1.8 mi
- Platt Park: 2.0 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 2.3 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 2.8 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.2 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.7 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 2.6 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 7.7 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 8.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 5.0 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.0 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 2.7 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Poet's Circle: 9.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 9.0 mi
- Biblical Garden: 9.1 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 9.1 mi
- North Beach: 11.6 mi
- South Beach: 11.8 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 12.6 mi
- Millstone: 5.0 mi
- Millstone: 5.0 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 6.3 mi
- Indian village: 8.5 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Jean Widmark: 4.7 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 10.5 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 10.5 mi
- Ben Franklin: 10.6 mi
- Maori Head: 11.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 3.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.6 mi
- Kelly Slide: 12.2 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 12.2 mi
- Pond View: 13.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 13.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 13.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 22.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Bates Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Hill | NNW 337° | 324 m | 7.0 mi |
| Good Hill | NNW 340° | 292 m | 3.6 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 70° | 292 m | 5.6 mi |
| Second Hill | WNW 296° | 285 m | 7.5 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | NE 55° | 282 m | 4.3 mi |
| Greenleaf Hill | NW 325° | 282 m | 6.0 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | E 101° | 273 m | 6.0 mi |
| Botsford Hill | WNW 287° | 267 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359259958
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 27 mi
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