Becar Hill
Becar Hill rises to 297 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Peterson Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807618, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 297 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Peterson Park: 0.6 mi
- Wolcott Dog Park: 0.8 mi
- Wolcott Green: 1.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.1 mi
- Russell Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Wolcott Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
- Toffolon Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Camp Mattatuck: 3.0 mi
- Girl Scouts of CT: 3.0 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 4.0 mi
- Lock Museum of America: 4.2 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 4.3 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 4.3 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 4.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.5 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 6.5 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.5 mi
- Biblical Garden: 6.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 6.6 mi
- Clinton Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lindsley Hill: 1.2 mi
- Wood Key Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fall Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Birch Hill: 1.9 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.8 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.8 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 4.9 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 5.2 mi
- Clock-On-The-Green: 5.2 mi
- Libby's Lump: 2.8 mi
- Rock House: 5.3 mi
- Tory's Den: 6.8 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 8.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 8.6 mi
- Maori Head: 5.3 mi
- Ben Franklin: 5.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 5.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 5.5 mi
- Home: 11.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 1.9 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 8.0 mi
- Whigville Falls: 8.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 9.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 3.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 5.5 mi
- Ravens Roost: 6.7 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Green Wall: 9.7 mi
- Boating Side: 2.8 mi
- Waterfront: 2.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 4.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 5.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 20.9 mi
- Big Spring: 23.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
- Pond View: 24.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 24.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Becar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | N 358° | 354 m | 9.2 mi |
| South Mountain | NE 47° | 313 m | 2.9 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | E 82° | 312 m | 1.2 mi |
| Camp Hill | NW 309° | 311 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lattin Hill | NW 305° | 310 m | 7.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | WNW 303° | 307 m | 7.7 mi |
| Clinton Hill | W 260° | 303 m | 1.1 mi |
| West Peak | ESE 118° | 301 m | 8.5 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 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260084
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