Rock Rimmon
Rock Rimmon rises to 199 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the north-northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lantern Ridge Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808528, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lantern Ridge Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Beacon Falls Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Matthies Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Ida Carrington Lowell Land: 2.1 mi
- Woodward Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Volunteer Park: 1.2 mi
- Beacon Falls Town Recreation Field: 1.4 mi
- Chatfield Park: 1.9 mi
- French Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Pole Hill Park: 2.4 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 2.5 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 4.7 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 7.0 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 8.2 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 2.4 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.4 mi
- Fountain: 4.4 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 5.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 5.9 mi
- Zoar Beach: 6.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 6.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 13.2 mi
- Skorarat Hill: 1.0 mi
- Rimmon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Sanford Hill: 2.1 mi
- Tobys Rock Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 8.4 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
- Poet's Circle: 8.4 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.4 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 2.1 mi
- Millstone: 5.9 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.8 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.0 mi
- Rock House: 14.7 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.1 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sperry Falls: 4.8 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 4.9 mi
- Southford Falls: 5.9 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 8.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.7 mi
- Maori Head: 8.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.8 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 10.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 15.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 18.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Pond View: 12.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 12.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 19.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Rock Rimmon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NNW 337° | 275 m | 4.2 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NW 322° | 273 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Sanford | ENE 67° | 263 m | 6.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 25° | 263 m | 7.3 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NNE 32° | 259 m | 4.9 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NE 55° | 253 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NNW 336° | 246 m | 3.0 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | NE 42° | 246 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359268227
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