Joes Rock
Joes Rock rises to 150 m in Connecticut. Blackmans Hill stands 282 m to the west-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 150 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Curtis Farms Tract: 1.3 mi
- Fodder's Folly: 1.4 mi
- Tuttle Woods Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Woods Hill: 1.4 mi
- Legion Field: 1.2 mi
- Foley Stadium: 1.8 mi
- Tuttle House: 1.8 mi
- St. Francis Field: 1.8 mi
- Lewis Park: 1.8 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 1.8 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 4.1 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 6.8 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 7.0 mi
- Lewis Hill: 0.3 mi
- Sandy Hill: 1.0 mi
- Andrews Hill: 1.6 mi
- Indian Rock: 1.9 mi
- Bedlam Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fountain: 1.9 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 1.9 mi
- Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.3 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 3.5 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 3.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 7.6 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
- Waterfront: 9.0 mi
- Boating Side: 9.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 9.9 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
- Poet's Circle: 3.0 mi
- Biblical Garden: 3.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 3.0 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 3.0 mi
- Millstone: 5.3 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.8 mi
- Rock House: 9.1 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 11.1 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 11.2 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
- Southford Falls: 5.3 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 3.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 3.9 mi
- Ben Franklin: 3.9 mi
- Maori Head: 4.1 mi
- Jean Widmark: 10.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 6.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.4 mi
- Ravens Roost: 15.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
- Pond View: 15.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 24.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Joes Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmans Hill | WNW 299° | 282 m | 4.9 mi |
| Andrews Hill | S 189° | 275 m | 1.6 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | WSW 239° | 273 m | 2.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 76° | 263 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Sanford | ESE 114° | 263 m | 7.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | E 93° | 260 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | ESE 109° | 259 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Fair | NNW 346° | 258 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359264895
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