Bluff Head
Bluff Head rises to 163 m in Connecticut. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kathan Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807648, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 163 m
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kathan Woods: 0.2 mi
- Luke Street Wetland: 0.9 mi
- Thomas Pool Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Ben's Homestead: 1.2 mi
- Briar Court & Salvadore Memorial Preserves: 1.4 mi
- Mixville Park: 0.6 mi
- McGrath Park: 1.5 mi
- Forger Park: 1.7 mi
- Canfield Park: 1.8 mi
- Hotchkiss Field: 1.8 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 1.5 mi
- Peck Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.6 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 3.1 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.6 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 5.7 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 6.9 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 7.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 6.7 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
- Biblical Garden: 6.8 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 2.9 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 4.1 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 5.5 mi
- Clock-On-The-Green: 5.6 mi
- Veterans Monument: 5.6 mi
- Maori Head: 5.1 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 5.6 mi
- Ben Franklin: 5.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 5.7 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 12.6 mi
- Libby's Lump: 7.8 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.2 mi
- Rock House: 11.2 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 11.8 mi
- Millstone: 11.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 3.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.8 mi
- Boating Side: 9.5 mi
- Waterfront: 9.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.1 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 2.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 7.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.2 mi
- Green Wall: 14.3 mi
- Ravens Roost: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
- Pond View: 20.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 20.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 20.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 20.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 4.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bluff Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsley Hill | N 354° | 312 m | 7.6 mi |
| Clinton Hill | NNW 337° | 303 m | 7.8 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 58° | 301 m | 6.5 mi |
| Becar Hill | NNW 345° | 297 m | 7.7 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | N 4° | 290 m | 8.2 mi |
| Fall Mountain | NNW 347° | 284 m | 9.3 mi |
| Southington Mountain | N 1° | 281 m | 6.0 mi |
| East Peak | ENE 63° | 277 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1933341 — Bluff Head, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359283815
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