Beech Hill
Beech Hill rises to 429 m in Connecticut. Abbey Hill stands 544 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nature Conservancy Girdler Property (Easement), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31807626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 429 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 17.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Prospect: 1.4 mi
- Bull Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 1.9 mi
- Babbitt Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.3 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 6.8 mi
- American Mural Project: 6.8 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 7.1 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 7.5 mi
- Howells Pond Boat Launch: 3.9 mi
- Maasser Park: 5.0 mi
- North Green: 6.0 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 6.5 mi
- Town Park: 6.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Hermit memorial: 10.4 mi
- John R. Bierman: 10.6 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 11.1 mi
- Jones Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Marguerite Falls: 1.9 mi
- Beulah Falls: 1.9 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 2.5 mi
- Tunxis Falls: 4.0 mi
- cascade: 5.6 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 2.0 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 6.3 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 7.5 mi
- state boundary marker: 8.5 mi
- Indian Council Caves: 8.7 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Flower Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Herb Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 15.1 mi
- Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 16.1 mi
- The Globe: 15.9 mi
- Angel of Independence: 16.0 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 17.7 mi
- Heroes of Westfield: 17.8 mi
- Epiphany: 18.0 mi
- The Beech: 3.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 3.4 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 3.4 mi
- Acorn Face: 3.4 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 3.4 mi
- Big Spring: 5.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 7.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 10.4 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.2 mi
- Holland Beach: 6.9 mi
- County Beach: 11.2 mi
- Babbs Beach: 16.2 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 18.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 23.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
- Questing: 11.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Beech Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Hill | NNW 330° | 544 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 273° | 539 m | 7.7 mi |
| Town Hill | NNW 337° | 538 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NW 319° | 537 m | 7.4 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | W 275° | 519 m | 6.8 mi |
| Higley Hill | NW 304° | 518 m | 6.7 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | NW 324° | 517 m | 3.1 mi |
| Dodds Mountain | NW 322° | 516 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260113
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 11 mi
- Otis · 12 mi
- Blandford · 13 mi
- Monterey · 13 mi
- Chester · 18 mi
- Great Barrington · 19 mi
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