Castle Rock
Castle Rock rises to 105 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the north, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Seymour Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 0.3 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 4.2 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 7.5 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 8.7 mi
- National Art Museum of Sport: 9.1 mi
- Sochrin's Pond: 0.8 mi
- French Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Chatfield Park: 1.6 mi
- Abe Stone Park: 1.9 mi
- Gary Park: 2.2 mi
- Seymour Land Conservation Trust: 1.1 mi
- Naugatuck State Forest - Great Hill Block: 2.0 mi
- Broadacres: 2.1 mi
- Stonewall Estates: 2.1 mi
- City Open Space (Wakelee Ave): 2.2 mi
- Zoar Beach: 5.0 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 5.9 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 11.3 mi
- Prospect Beach: 11.4 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 11.7 mi
- Success Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rimmon Hill: 2.0 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.2 mi
- Skorarat Hill: 2.4 mi
- Peck Hill: 2.6 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 0.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 3.2 mi
- Witek Memorial: 4.8 mi
- The Vine Sign: 5.1 mi
- Old Mill Foundation: 5.8 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Eklund Garden: 6.3 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 7.3 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 8.6 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 3.5 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 4.2 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Sperry Falls: 4.8 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 2.0 mi
- Millstone: 6.5 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 9.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.3 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 14.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 7.7 mi
- Turtle Statue: 8.7 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 8.8 mi
- An American Dream: 9.6 mi
- John B Pierce: 9.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 12.3 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 17.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Pond View: 9.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.3 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 12.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 16.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | N 355° | 275 m | 6.6 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NNW 342° | 273 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Sanford | NE 53° | 263 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NNE 28° | 259 m | 7.7 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NE 44° | 253 m | 8.1 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | N 358° | 246 m | 5.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NW 322° | 242 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | NNE 24° | 238 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1933419 — Castle Rock, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359283917
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