Steep Rock
Steep Rock rises to 237 m in Connecticut. Mount Tom stands 393 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Steep Rock Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 237 m
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Steep Rock Preserve: 0.6 mi
- American Indian Archaeological Institute: 0.6 mi
- Steep Rock Association, Inc.: 1.4 mi
- Battle Swamp Brook Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Raven Rock Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Lower Church Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fenn Hill: 1.7 mi
- Raven Rock: 1.8 mi
- Church Hill: 2.3 mi
- Plumb Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bryan Plaza: 2.1 mi
- Hodge Park: 3.5 mi
- New Milford Center Historic District: 4.4 mi
- Hurlburt Park: 4.6 mi
- Ray Ramsey Park: 4.7 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.4 mi
- Mill Ruins: 4.4 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.9 mi
- Jim Hulton: 6.6 mi
- New Preston Falls: 4.4 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 7.7 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.8 mi
- Cascades: 10.2 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 10.5 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 0.7 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 1.8 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 4.5 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 6.7 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
- Indian village: 0.7 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 3.7 mi
- New Milford Tank: 4.6 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 6.9 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 6.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 4.8 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.3 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.8 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 14.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 14.3 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 7.7 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 8.4 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 8.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.2 mi
- Kelly Slide: 6.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 11.1 mi
- Jean Widmark: 4.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 14.4 mi
- greek letter pi: 15.0 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 15.6 mi
- Ben Franklin: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
- Pond View: 21.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 21.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 21.5 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.5 mi
- Dicktown: 24.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 9.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Steep Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | NNE 30° | 393 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 313° | 390 m | 4.5 mi |
| Tinker Hill | NNW 345° | 364 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Bushnell | NNW 346° | 363 m | 4.9 mi |
| Peet Hill | NW 310° | 359 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Rat | NNE 18° | 352 m | 5.4 mi |
| Todd Hill | ENE 61° | 344 m | 6.1 mi |
| Tanner Hill | N 360° | 342 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:42 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211155 — Steep Rock, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359269952
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- Putnam County · 25 mi
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