Academy Hill
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Academy Hill rises to 81 m in Connecticut. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a park 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31807530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 81 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Center Spring Pond Park: 0.1 mi
- Center Park: 0.2 mi
- Spruce Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Munro Park: 0.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 0.1 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 1.8 mi
- Case Falls: 1.9 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 3.7 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 6.2 mi
- Alpine Parklet: 0.4 mi
- Path to Wellness Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Linares Preserve: 0.9 mi
- School Street Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Marsh Pond: 1.2 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Fire Museum: 0.9 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 0.9 mi
- Lutz Children's Museum: 1.5 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- Mount Nebo: 1.1 mi
- Green Hill: 1.8 mi
- Toby Hill: 2.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Case Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sorry Rock: 2.5 mi
- Frog: 3.3 mi
- Equality: 7.2 mi
- Career Column: 7.3 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 7.4 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.1 mi
- William H. Putnam: 7.8 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 7.9 mi
- Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 8.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.8 mi
- Hay Tedder: 5.1 mi
- The Dreamyard: 5.2 mi
- filled-in well: 5.5 mi
- Car Wreck: 6.4 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.9 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.0 mi
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 3.9 mi
- Crow Point: 6.9 mi
- Garden Wall: 14.3 mi
- Hart Meadow: 14.3 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.2 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 20.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 21.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 5.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Academy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulk Hill | NE 44° | 294 m | 10.0 mi |
| Grant Hill | ENE 68° | 284 m | 7.5 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NE 43° | 282 m | 11.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | NE 52° | 275 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mannantuck | SSE 152° | 273 m | 5.3 mi |
| John Tom Hill | SSE 152° | 272 m | 5.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | S 186° | 265 m | 10.2 mi |
| Box Hill | ENE 62° | 252 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359288915
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Tolland · 10 mi
- Storrs · 14 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
- Willimantic · 16 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
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