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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

Peaks
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
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
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
  • 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
Waterfalls: 59
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.2 mi
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 6.3 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: 54
  • Libby's Lump: 5.1 mi
  • Rock House: 7.1 mi
  • Tory's Den: 10.6 mi
  • Millstone: 11.7 mi
  • Millstone: 11.7 mi
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 MountainNNE 22°313 m6.2 mi
Lindsley HillNNE 19°312 m4.2 mi
Clinton HillNNW 347°303 m3.7 mi
West PeakE 92°301 m7.7 mi
Becar HillN 3°297 m3.8 mi
Pine HillNNW 335°295 m7.5 mi
Great HillWSW 253°292 m7.8 mi
Compounce MountainNNE 31°290 m5.3 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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