Straits Rock
Straits Rock rises to 149 m in Connecticut. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Emmanuel Williamson Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 149 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Emmanuel Williamson Park: 0.3 mi
- Emanuel Williamson Park: 0.6 mi
- Fireman's Field: 0.9 mi
- Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Sega Meadows Park: 2.4 mi
- Boardman Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Stillson Hill: 1.9 mi
- Rock Cobble Hill: 2.1 mi
- West Meetinghouse Hill: 2.3 mi
- Jim Hulton: 0.9 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 2.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 4.5 mi
- Mill Ruins: 6.8 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 11.2 mi
- Northrop House: 3.9 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 7.2 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 7.5 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 7.8 mi
- New Preston Falls: 6.8 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.0 mi
- Kent Falls: 10.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 8.0 mi
- Personal Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 15.0 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 16.9 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 17.4 mi
- New Milford Tank: 4.9 mi
- Indian village: 7.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 8.6 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 9.5 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 10.7 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 4.2 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 4.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 7.1 mi
- North Beach: 10.2 mi
- South Beach: 10.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 11.4 mi
- greek letter pi: 15.0 mi
- Lesser Evil: 15.2 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 18.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 22.8 mi
- Kelly Slide: 3.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.1 mi
- Grand Staircase: 6.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.2 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 22.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.9 mi
- Pond View: 25.0 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.7 mi
- Dicktown: 18.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 3.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Straits Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Hill | NNW 337° | 442 m | 5.9 mi |
| North Preston Hill | NNW 342° | 441 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | NNW 345° | 426 m | 6.1 mi |
| Observatory Hill | SW 230° | 405 m | 4.6 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | NW 326° | 404 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 21° | 400 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | ENE 64° | 390 m | 4.2 mi |
| Branch Hill | SW 216° | 370 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270068
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 20 mi
- Cold Spring · 29 mi
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