Peak · Connecticut
White Rock
White Rock rises to 100 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.55010, -72.60454
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Riverfront Park: 1.2 mi
- Bill Nolan Field: 2.0 mi
- Hubbard Park: 2.1 mi
- Barbara "Bobbi" Edinger Pocket Park: 2.1 mi
- Tomasso Ballfield: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Pecausett Harper Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Portland Air Line Trail Spur: 1.7 mi
- YMCA Camp Ingersoll: 1.8 mi
Museums
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 2.6 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 3.5 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Indian Hill: 0.4 mi
- Duck Hill: 0.6 mi
- Tryon Hill: 1.2 mi
- Straits Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.0 mi
Artworks: 58
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 2.3 mi
- First Tear: 3.5 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.6 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 10.2 mi
- snake: 10.6 mi
Historic sites
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 2.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 57
- Erin Street Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.8 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 51
- Come On Over Wall: 2.5 mi
- grindstone: 3.0 mi
- George Washington rock: 3.1 mi
- Bible Rock: 3.2 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 42
- Intermittent Waterfall: 2.7 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 2.7 mi
- Glen Falls: 2.7 mi
- Seven Falls: 3.2 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 36
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 18.2 mi
- East Rive Beach: 19.6 mi
- Circle Beach: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Bluff Head: 10.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.8 mi
- Crow Point: 10.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.5 mi
- Green Wall: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Johnsonville Village: 8.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.8 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 22.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of White Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | W 271° | 272 m | 7.0 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | NNE 30° | 265 m | 6.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 53° | 241 m | 5.1 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NE 36° | 228 m | 5.2 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 51° | 222 m | 3.3 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | WSW 251° | 219 m | 7.7 mi |
| Camels Hump | W 266° | 207 m | 7.1 mi |
| Baker Hill | ENE 67° | 204 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 212083 — White Rock, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359272124
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Old Saybrook · 21 mi
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 24 mi
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