Oak Hill Park
Oak Hill Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the north, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Reed Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Reed Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bird Peak: 1.6 mi
- Brook Hill: 1.8 mi
- Indian Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Thorpe Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.2 mi
- Ymca Camp Slone (Indian Mountain Road): 1.2 mi
- Town Grove: 1.3 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.4 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.5 mi
- Bauer Park: 1.4 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 1.5 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 1.6 mi
- Trotta Field: 2.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 1.5 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 8.6 mi
- Folly: 3.9 mi
- Lime Kiln: 5.0 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 6.4 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.7 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 9.2 mi
- Riga Falls: 3.4 mi
- Great Falls: 5.0 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 6.6 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 6.7 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 16.3 mi
- Diving Lady: 17.2 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 17.9 mi
- Naked Lady: 18.1 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 22.8 mi
- Community Garden: 17.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 19.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 20.3 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 20.9 mi
- Flower Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 2.4 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.0 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 9.8 mi
- trail parking: 11.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Grand Staircase: 16.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 16.6 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 20.8 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 21.0 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 21.6 mi
- East Beach: 15.1 mi
- West Beach: 15.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 19.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 21.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 22.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.4 mi
- Big Spring: 24.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.2 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.0 mi
- Questing: 15.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Oak Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Frissell | N 354° | 747 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Ashley | N 358° | 725 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 7° | 708 m | 6.1 mi |
| Brace Mountain | N 349° | 706 m | 6.1 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | N 349° | 702 m | 5.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 357° | 695 m | 6.3 mi |
| Gridley Mountain | N 1° | 668 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Plantain | N 6° | 626 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440082
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 17 mi
- Monterey · 20 mi
- Berkshires · 22 mi
- Stockbridge · 24 mi
- Otis · 25 mi
- Lee · 26 mi
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