High Rock Hill
High Rock Hill rises to 187 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (High Rock Road), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808040, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Zoar Beach: 3.3 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 3.4 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.2 mi
- South Beach: 13.3 mi
- North Beach: 13.5 mi
- Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Monroe Green: 3.6 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 3.3 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 4.5 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 6.3 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 7.9 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 7.9 mi
- Sugarloaf: 1.6 mi
- Osborn Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bagburn Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cedar Hill: 3.1 mi
- Moose Hill: 3.7 mi
- The Castle: 2.5 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 3.1 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 3.4 mi
- Candle wall: 3.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 4.5 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Eklund Garden: 8.0 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.0 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 11.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.1 mi
- Town Open Space (High Rock Road): 0.3 mi
- Town Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Thunder Ridge Road): 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Chestnut Knoll Drive): 1.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Toddy Hill Road): 1.3 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 3.1 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 6.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 6.6 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.8 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 10.2 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.3 mi
- Millstone: 6.6 mi
- 3-town marker: 9.8 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.3 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 12.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 6.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.0 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 9.1 mi
- Heron: 9.7 mi
- Lesser Evil: 9.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 9.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 17.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Pond View: 4.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 4.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 15.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 17.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 21.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 16.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 15.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of High Rock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | WSW 257° | 303 m | 5.2 mi |
| Taunton Hill | WNW 282° | 251 m | 5.9 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNE 26° | 242 m | 7.7 mi |
| Eden Hill | SW 231° | 240 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WNW 298° | 230 m | 4.9 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | ENE 57° | 223 m | 6.1 mi |
| Towantic Hill | NE 50° | 219 m | 8.9 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 286° | 217 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359264307
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 25 mi
- Putnam County · 27 mi
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