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High Rock Hill

High Rock Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808040, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
187 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37926, -73.23928

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • 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
Parks
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 3.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • 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
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 24
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.3 mi
  • Millstone: 6.6 mi
  • Millstone: 6.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • 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
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 257°303 m5.2 mi
Sunset HillWSW 246°253 m7.0 mi
Taunton HillWNW 282°251 m5.9 mi
Walnut HillNNE 26°242 m7.7 mi
Eden HillSW 231°240 m5.0 mi
Horse HillNNW 347°236 m8.7 mi
Moose HillENE 76°231 m6.4 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 298°230 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264307

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