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Castle Rock

Castle Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Castle Rock rises to 251 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Shangri-La Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.

The story

mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
251 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65572, -72.93649

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 0.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascade: 6.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 1.7 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 4.4 mi
  • plinth: 5.7 mi
  • Rochambeau Monument: 6.0 mi
Attractions
  • Libby's Lump: 2.0 mi
  • Tory's Den: 5.4 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 5.6 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 5.9 mi
  • Will Warren's Den: 6.1 mi
Gardens
Artworks: 50
  • Home: 8.0 mi
  • Maori Head: 8.8 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 8.9 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.0 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Ravens Roost: 5.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Green Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 6.2 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 16.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Cold Spring: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 5.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainNNW 336°354 m7.4 mi
South MountainSW 229°313 m0.7 mi
Lindsley HillSSW 213°312 m2.7 mi
Lattin HillWNW 283°310 m9.1 mi
Walnut HillWNW 281°307 m9.3 mi
Clinton HillSW 235°303 m4.5 mi
West PeakSE 143°301 m8.0 mi
Scranton MountainNNW 348°300 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206057 — Castle Rock, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359261189

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