Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill rises to 204 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the northwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Epps Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Van Epps Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Mendell's Folly Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Grobe Hockanum Brook Upland Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Woodward Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Town of Bethany Property: 1.9 mi
- Cotton Hollow Field: 1.0 mi
- Volunteer Park: 1.6 mi
- Fairchild Park: 1.8 mi
- Breen Field: 2.0 mi
- Beacon Falls Town Recreation Field: 2.1 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 2.7 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 6.9 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 7.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.1 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 8.5 mi
- Zoar Beach: 8.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.3 mi
- Waterfront: 12.1 mi
- Tobys Rock Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Beacon Cap: 1.9 mi
- Huntington Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mulberry Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rock Rimmon: 2.3 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 2.5 mi
- Fountain: 2.5 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 4.7 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 6.0 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 6.2 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Poet's Circle: 6.6 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 6.6 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.0 mi
- Millstone: 6.5 mi
- Rock House: 12.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 12.9 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 13.6 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 1.3 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sperry Falls: 5.8 mi
- Southford Falls: 6.5 mi
- Maori Head: 6.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 6.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 6.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 6.7 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 9.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 10.2 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 13.1 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
- Pond View: 14.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Beacon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NW 305° | 275 m | 3.2 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | WNW 297° | 273 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Sanford | E 86° | 263 m | 4.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 25° | 263 m | 5.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NE 44° | 260 m | 4.4 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NE 37° | 259 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Fair | NNW 335° | 258 m | 8.0 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | ENE 73° | 253 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205335 — Beacon Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260008
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