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Fort Hill Park

Fort Hill Park from directly overhead

Fort Hill Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 113 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterville Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
113 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.59413, -73.05482
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Waterville Park: 0.4 mi
  • Huntington Avenue Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Coe Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bucks Hill Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bunker Hill Playground: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 2.7 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 2.7 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls: 59
  • Cascade: 1.9 mi
  • Cascade: 3.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascades: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Ben Franklin: 2.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 2.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 2.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 3.1 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 48
Cliffs: 25
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 1.9 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 3.9 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 9.0 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 17
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 2.8 mi
  • Pond View: 21.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 21.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 19.2 mi
  • Cold Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Fort Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNE 56°313 m6.7 mi
Lindsley HillENE 67°312 m5.0 mi
Camp HillNNW 336°311 m7.9 mi
Lattin HillNNW 336°310 m6.9 mi
Walnut HillNNW 334°307 m6.8 mi
Clinton HillNE 56°303 m2.9 mi
Becar HillENE 62°297 m3.9 mi
Pine HillN 2°295 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • White-tailed Deer6 obs
  • Common Garter Snake5 obs
  • striped wintergreen5 obs
  • Japanese knotweed5 obs
  • Canada Goose4 obs
  • American Robin4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1203819734

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