Rocky Hill Refuge
Rocky Hill Refuge is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Coye Hill stands 331 m to the northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 3.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wyndham Land Trust
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Hill: 0.2 mi
- Underwood Hill: 0.7 mi
- Hammond Hill: 0.7 mi
- Deacon Tim Perrin Hill: 1.0 mi
- Daven Hill: 1.0 mi
- Paul and Avis Spalding Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Williams Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Kenyon Woods: 3.3 mi
- Crystal Pond Park: 3.5 mi
- Townshend Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Town Commons: 3.1 mi
- Town Commons: 3.2 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 3.3 mi
- Pomfret Green: 4.2 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 3.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 4.4 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 5.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 15.1 mi
- Path Continues: 15.6 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 6.1 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 6.6 mi
- Pineville Mill: 9.5 mi
- Servant Square: 9.6 mi
- The Gold Star Mother: 9.9 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 5.4 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 11.5 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 12.7 mi
- Motion: 11.8 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 14.0 mi
- U’s and C’s: 14.0 mi
- Copper Tower: 14.1 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 14.2 mi
- Cargill Falls: 6.2 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 11.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 12.5 mi
- Cascades: 15.4 mi
- Cascades: 15.4 mi
- Small House Garden: 12.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 12.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 14.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 14.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 6.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.6 mi
- Streeter Beach: 13.4 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.7 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 16.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 16.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 23.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 3.6 mi
- Picnic: 6.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Rocky Hill Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coye Hill | NW 307° | 331 m | 6.1 mi |
| Walker Mountain | WNW 296° | 325 m | 6.1 mi |
| Corbin Hill | NW 323° | 289 m | 5.4 mi |
| Coatney Hill | NNE 16° | 283 m | 1.8 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | N 358° | 281 m | 2.2 mi |
| Chandler Hill | WNW 295° | 278 m | 4.7 mi |
| Coburn Hill | NW 315° | 277 m | 4.7 mi |
| Aplin Hill | N 350° | 276 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/948585780
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