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Great Hill

Great Hill from directly overhead

Great Hill is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Swajchuk Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Branford Land Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.35555, -72.79593

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Swajchuk Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mill Road Field: 1.3 mi
  • Connecticut Sportsplex: 2.0 mi
  • All Saints Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Cortina Park: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 55
Gardens: 50
Attractions: 30
  • Bear Cave: 4.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 7.2 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.3 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 6.0 mi
  • snake: 7.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 7.3 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 7.6 mi
  • John B Pierce: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 16.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Pond View: 23.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Great Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordNW 313°263 m10.8 mi
TrimountainNNE 23°232 m7.8 mi
Fowler MountainNNE 25°230 m6.7 mi
Beseck MountainNNE 13°219 m11.2 mi
High RockWNW 297°216 m8.5 mi
Pistapaug MountainNNE 30°210 m6.1 mi
Mount CarmelNW 317°206 m7.1 mi
Mount PisgahNE 45°196 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:03
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438078

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