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Bald Hill

Bald Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Hill rises to 197 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tame Buck Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

The story

Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31807562, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56593, -72.99177

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Fairlawn Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Berkeley Heights Playground: 1.4 mi
  • City Mills Playground: 1.7 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 1.8 mi
  • Scott Road Park: 2.1 mi
Museums
  • Mattatuck Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.9 mi
  • Bradley Barnes Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Watertown History Museum: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Sustainable Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 4.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 2.6 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 2.9 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Maori Head: 2.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 2.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 2.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 2.8 mi
  • Home: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Libby's Lump: 5.1 mi
  • Rock House: 7.1 mi
  • Tory's Den: 10.6 mi
  • Millstone: 11.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 40
Beaches: 39
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 7.4 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 10.5 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 10.6 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Pond View: 21.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 21.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 4.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cold Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.3 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Bald Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNNE313 m6.2 mi
Lindsley HillNNE312 m4.2 mi
Clinton HillNNW303 m3.7 mi
West PeakE301 m7.7 mi
Becar HillN297 m3.8 mi
Compounce MountainNNE290 m5.3 mi
Fall MountainN284 m5.5 mi
Southington MountainNE281 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205213 — Bald Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359259742

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