Peak · Connecticut
Black Hill
Black Hill rises to 110 m in Connecticut. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tillinghast Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807641, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 110 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.70732, -71.95091
- 0.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 2.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 0.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 29 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Tillinghast Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 169): 1.7 mi
- Lathrop Cedar Swamp Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Quinebaug Fish Hatchery: 2.1 mi
- Fitze Preserve: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Robert Manship Park: 0.8 mi
- Sugar Brook Field Trial and Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Frink Park: 1.1 mi
- Canterbury Green: 1.3 mi
- Plainfield Veterans Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
- North Hill: 1.7 mi
- Morgan Hill: 1.8 mi
- Holmes Hill: 2.8 mi
- Shepherd Hill: 2.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
- Fallen Workers Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Fallen Workers Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 5.4 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 5.5 mi
Museums: 57
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 1.2 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 7.7 mi
- John Bishop House: 8.0 mi
- Edward Waldo House Museum: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 33
- Manny: 13.3 mi
- Willy: 13.3 mi
- Windy: 13.4 mi
- Swifty: 13.4 mi
- Promised Day: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Little Muk Falls: 9.1 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 9.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 10.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 18
- Thread City Family Garden: 12.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 13.4 mi
- Mary's Garden: 13.4 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 17.1 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 16
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 1.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 2.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike: 4.8 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 5.8 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 12
- Moosup Pond Beach: 4.7 mi
- Wescott Beach: 18.1 mi
- Hope Pond Beach: 19.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 20.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Little Beach: 21.0 mi
- Big Beach: 21.1 mi
- Picnic: 22.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Windham Spring: 13.0 mi
- Old Spring: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Bara-Hack: 12.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Black Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NW 313° | 240 m | 9.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | WNW 301° | 235 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 305° | 232 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kimball Hill | NNW 332° | 231 m | 8.4 mi |
| Alworth Hill | NNW 330° | 225 m | 6.7 mi |
| Easter Hill | NNW 341° | 222 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hampton Hill | NW 314° | 221 m | 7.7 mi |
| Shaw Hill | WNW 298° | 220 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205548 — Black Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260343
Day trips start here
- Griswold · 9 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
- Norwich · 13 mi
- Foster · 14 mi
- Willimantic · 14 mi
- Preston · 15 mi
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