East Rock
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East Rock rises to 111 m in Connecticut. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of 366 feet (112 m), is a 1.4-mile (2 km) long trap rock ridge located primarily in the neighborhood of East Rock on the north side of the city of New Haven. A prominent landscape feature and a popular outdoor recreation area with cliffs that rise 300 feet (91 m) over the city below, East Rock is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. East Rock is the central feature of East Rock Park, a municipal park owned by the city of New Haven along the New Haven-Hamden town line.
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Wikidata Q770961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 111 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Rock Park: 0.0 mi
- College Woods: 0.3 mi
- East Rock Park-Blake Field: 0.6 mi
- The Park on Nash: 0.7 mi
- Edgerton Park: 0.7 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Henry and Irene Garguilo Wildlife Refuge: 1.6 mi
- Palmieri Parcel: 1.8 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Glacial Kettle: 1.9 mi
- Shell Beach: 5.6 mi
- Short Beach: 5.8 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 5.9 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 5.9 mi
- Momauguin Beach: 5.9 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.0 mi
- Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 0.7 mi
- Eli Whitney Plaque: 0.8 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 1.6 mi
- Joe Grate Corner: 1.6 mi
- Indian Head: 0.2 mi
- Snake Rock: 0.4 mi
- Whitney Peak: 0.5 mi
- Mill Rock: 1.2 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 0.8 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bog Garden: 1.1 mi
- Desert House: 1.1 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.5 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sperry Falls: 5.8 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.7 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 0.3 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.5 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.6 mi
- John B Pierce: 2.3 mi
- An American Dream: 2.3 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.4 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.7 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.2 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 10.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
- Pond View: 17.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 18.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 0.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of East Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 346° | 263 m | 9.6 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNW 341° | 253 m | 10.6 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 341° | 216 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 6° | 206 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NW 311° | 199 m | 10.6 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NW 325° | 193 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 309° | 190 m | 6.6 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 56° | 176 m | 8.7 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 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359262702
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- Essex · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 27 mi
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