Beacon Cap
Beacon Cap rises to 221 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the west-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kleeman/Egger/Stronk Property, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 221 m
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kleeman/Egger/Stronk Property: 0.7 mi
- Town of Bethany Property: 0.9 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned): 1.1 mi
- Bethany Bog & Lebanon Swamp: 1.2 mi
- Van Epps Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Cotton Hollow Field: 2.4 mi
- Bethany Library Park: 2.5 mi
- Country Hollow Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Canfield Park: 2.7 mi
- Old Kalinauskas Farm: 2.9 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 3.5 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 6.1 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 6.9 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 7.4 mi
- Hopkins Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mulberry Hill: 1.8 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.9 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.6 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 3.3 mi
- Fountain: 3.3 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.3 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 6.1 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 6.1 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 7.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
- Zoar Beach: 10.6 mi
- Waterfront: 11.9 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.9 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 6.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.9 mi
- Poet's Circle: 7.0 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.8 mi
- Millstone: 8.4 mi
- Libby's Lump: 11.9 mi
- Rock House: 13.0 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 13.8 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- Sperry Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 5.9 mi
- Maori Head: 6.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 6.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 6.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 6.7 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 9.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.6 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 13.3 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 16.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
- Pond View: 15.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 16.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 9.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 22.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 22.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Beacon Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | WNW 288° | 275 m | 4.8 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | WNW 286° | 273 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Sanford | E 91° | 263 m | 2.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 3° | 263 m | 4.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 24° | 260 m | 3.0 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | N 350° | 259 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Fair | NW 323° | 258 m | 8.6 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | ENE 68° | 253 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205331 — Beacon Cap, South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359259999
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