Glacier Rock
Glacier Rock rises to 232 m in Connecticut. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Numeral Rock, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807967, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Numeral Rock: 0.1 mi
- Fuller Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mount Algo: 0.8 mi
- Thayer Brook Hill: 1.1 mi
- The Cobble: 1.2 mi
- Kent Green: 0.6 mi
- Kent Commons Park: 0.8 mi
- Ketcham Park: 4.4 mi
- Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Fireman's Field: 6.2 mi
- Emery Park: 1.8 mi
- Currie Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Kent Mountain Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Skiff Mountain South Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 3.7 mi
- Mill Ruins: 7.7 mi
- Jim Hulton: 7.9 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 9.2 mi
- Lime Kiln: 10.8 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 0.9 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Northrop House: 10.7 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 11.1 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Kent Falls: 4.7 mi
- New Preston Falls: 7.7 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 8.7 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 11.0 mi
- Judea Garden: 8.5 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 13.9 mi
- Personal Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 16.9 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 19.5 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 5.4 mi
- Peter's Forge: 9.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 11.1 mi
- New Milford Tank: 11.4 mi
- Indian village: 11.8 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 11.1 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 11.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 13.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.2 mi
- Grand Staircase: 0.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 1.0 mi
- Kelly Slide: 10.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 18.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 15.8 mi
- greek letter pi: 22.0 mi
- Lesser Evil: 22.2 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 23.2 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 23.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 8.6 mi
- Dicktown: 23.2 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 4.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Glacier Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Hill | NNE 18° | 473 m | 5.1 mi |
| Whitcomb Hill | NE 55° | 459 m | 6.9 mi |
| Above All | E 93° | 450 m | 6.8 mi |
| Preston Hill | SW 228° | 442 m | 2.3 mi |
| North Preston Hill | WSW 243° | 441 m | 1.7 mi |
| Skiff Mountain | NNE 25° | 431 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | ENE 77° | 428 m | 3.9 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | SW 222° | 426 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 25 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207315 — Glacier Rock, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359263578
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 25 mi
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