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Platt Hill State Park

Platt Hill State Park from directly overhead

Platt Hill State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 397 m. Wangum Lake Hill stands 521 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Reaching Hill Road Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
397 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
State of Connecticut
Getting there

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Coordinates41.90358, -73.10492

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 58
Attractions: 48
  • 4 towns meet: 2.9 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 5.7 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 5.7 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 45
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.5 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.3 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Judea Garden: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 43
Cliffs: 26
  • Winsted Cliffs: 1.9 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 8.2 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 9.0 mi
  • The Beech: 11.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 3.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.0 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Platt Hill State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wangum Lake HillWNW 301°521 m9.1 mi
Haystack MountainNW 323°510 m8.8 mi
Dutton MountainNW 318°506 m6.8 mi
Ivy MountainWSW 250°504 m6.5 mi
Brown MountainNNW 335°499 m9.6 mi
The MatterhornWNW 290°498 m8.3 mi
Dennis HillWNW 303°496 m5.7 mi
Sedgwick MountainWSW 257°495 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee7 obs
  • eastern white pine6 obs
  • Japanese knotweed6 obs
  • Great Blue Heron5 obs
  • Mallard5 obs
  • House Sparrow5 obs
  • common jewelweed5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/69482426

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