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Barnes Hill

Barnes Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Barnes Hill rises to 280 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Stillson Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31807580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
280 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59787, -73.47985

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 0.5 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 1.7 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.4 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 8.4 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 10.4 mi
Parks
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 33
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Cascades: 6.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.8 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Personal Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • Judea Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 15.1 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 16
Artworks: 12
  • Jean Widmark: 11.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 13.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 16.0 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Barnes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillWSW 258°405 m3.2 mi
Schaghticoke MountainNNW 340°404 m6.5 mi
Bear HillNE 45°390 m5.9 mi
Birch HillSW 217°386 m6.6 mi
West MountainW 277°373 m7.4 mi
Branch HillSW 235°370 m3.2 mi
Seeley HillW 266°368 m3.2 mi
Segar MountainN 7°366 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205269 — Barnes Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359259866

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