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Beacon Cap

Beacon Cap, a peak in Connecticut
Beacon Cap, a peak in ConnecticutMorrowlong · CC BY-SA 3.0

Beacon Cap rises to 221 m in Connecticut. Great Hill stands 292 m to the northwest, 8.4 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

Coordinates41.46276, -73.00334

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Museums
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 57
  • Hopp Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 56
  • 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
Attractions: 44
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.8 mi
  • Millstone: 8.4 mi
  • Millstone: 8.4 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 11.9 mi
  • Rock House: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 27
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 7
  • 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
Rest areas: 5
  • 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
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Beacon Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNW 306°292 m8.4 mi
Andrews HillWNW 288°275 m4.8 mi
Woodruff HillWNW 286°273 m6.5 mi
Mount SanfordE 91°263 m2.8 mi
Turkey HillN 3°263 m4.1 mi
Prospect HillNNE 24°260 m3.0 mi
Hopkins HillN 350°259 m1.7 mi
Mount FairNW 323°258 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

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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