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High Rock

High Rock, seen from above at true elevation

High Rock rises to 216 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Exeter Road), a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
216 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41204, -72.94233

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Honor Hill Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Edgar Laing Heermance: 2.4 mi
  • South Quad: 2.4 mi
  • Hamden Veterans' Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 4.6 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Town Center Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bethany Library Park: 2.9 mi
  • Freedom Park: 2.9 mi
  • Town Open Space (Skiff Street): 3.1 mi
  • Town Open Space (Skiff Street): 3.2 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 54
Gardens: 52
Attractions: 41
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.3 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.6 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 11.0 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.6 mi
  • Bear Cave: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 26
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 15.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
  • Pond View: 16.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of High Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Andrews HillWNW 303°275 m9.2 mi
Mount SanfordN 355°263 m3.5 mi
Turkey HillNNW 339°263 m8.2 mi
Prospect HillNNW 343°260 m6.6 mi
Hopkins HillNNW 326°259 m6.3 mi
Prospect MountainNNW 341°253 m4.5 mi
Talmadge HillNNW 345°246 m6.2 mi
Hunters MountainWNW 298°246 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264304

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