Cochegan Rock
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Cochegan Rock rises to 64 m in Connecticut. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the west, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rest Area I-395 (South Bound), a rest area 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 11 miles off.
The story
Cochegan Rock is the largest known boulder in Connecticut. Located in Montville, it is about 54 feet long, 58 feet wide, and 50 feet high. It is estimated to weigh around 7,000 tons.
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Wikidata Q31807826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 64 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.5 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 1.2 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 1.3 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 4.9 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 5.0 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 5.0 mi
- Fort Shantok Park: 2.3 mi
- Montville American Little League Complex: 2.4 mi
- Trading Cove Association: 2.5 mi
- Stoddard Hill Boat Launch: 3.0 mi
- Judge Crandall Field: 3.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 4.3 mi
- Miantonomo: 6.6 mi
- The Guns: 7.0 mi
- Captain Hopley Yeaton Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Cochegan Hill: 0.4 mi
- Lynch Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mohegan Hill: 1.0 mi
- Crandall Hill: 1.2 mi
- Comstock Hill: 1.4 mi
- White Oak Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Lynch Hill Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Forest Drive Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Fielding Drive Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Benway Court Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 8.6 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 9.3 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 9.9 mi
- Groton Beach: 10.5 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 10.6 mi
- Sparky: 2.2 mi
- River Blue: 2.3 mi
- Muffler Man: 3.9 mi
- Nevertheless: 4.5 mi
- Promised Day: 4.5 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.0 mi
- The Whale: 8.2 mi
- turtle rock: 8.6 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 9.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Sprout Garden: 6.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 6.4 mi
- Laurel Walk: 6.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 6.5 mi
- Yantic Falls: 4.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 6.4 mi
- Chapman Falls: 11.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 11.4 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 12.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 13.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 18.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 22.6 mi
- Coney Rock: 22.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 8.1 mi
- Powder House: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 24.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 24.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 17.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 18.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 0.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
- Old Spring: 7.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 17.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Cochegan Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | W 268° | 182 m | 4.1 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | W 276° | 171 m | 5.2 mi |
| Raymond Hill | WNW 299° | 170 m | 3.3 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | W 264° | 162 m | 3.0 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | N 350° | 153 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 331° | 152 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bargy Ledges | NW 326° | 151 m | 4.1 mi |
| Sharp Hill | SW 228° | 149 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206345 — Cochegan Rock, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261928
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