Castle Rock
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
- 29.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shangri-La Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Girl Scouts of CT: 0.6 mi
- Environmental Learning Centers: 0.8 mi
- Town Conservation Land (Malone Pond): 1.8 mi
- Toffolon Preserve: 1.8 mi
- South Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Hurley Hill: 1.6 mi
- Compounce Mountain: 1.6 mi
- West Hill: 1.8 mi
- Federal Hill: 1.9 mi
- 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
- Casey Field: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Boulevard Park: 1.0 mi
- Brackett Park: 1.2 mi
- Wilson Playground: 1.6 mi
- Rockwell Park: 1.8 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 1.1 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 1.1 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 1.1 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 1.5 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 1.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 10.1 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 10.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- Boating Side: 5.6 mi
- Waterfront: 5.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 6.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 14.2 mi
- 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
- Southington Rest Area: 5.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NNW 336° | 354 m | 7.4 mi |
| South Mountain | SW 229° | 313 m | 0.7 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 213° | 312 m | 2.7 mi |
| Lattin Hill | WNW 283° | 310 m | 9.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | WNW 281° | 307 m | 9.3 mi |
| Clinton Hill | SW 235° | 303 m | 4.5 mi |
| West Peak | SE 143° | 301 m | 8.0 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | NNW 348° | 300 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
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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- East Windsor · 27 mi
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