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Bogus Hill

Bogus Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bogus Hill rises to 165 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807650, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
165 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.50815, -73.46346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: 0.3 mi
  • Squantz Pond Boat Launch: 0.5 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 1.2 mi
  • New Fairfield Town Park: 1.4 mi
  • Brookfield Town Beach: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 6.4 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 7.7 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 8.5 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 8.5 mi
Museums: 43
Waterfalls: 34
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascades: 12.8 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 29
  • Personal Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 13.2 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 12
  • greek letter pi: 6.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.8 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 17.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 17.7 mi
  • Pond View: 17.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 17.8 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Bogus Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNW 324°405 m6.8 mi
Birch HillW 281°386 m4.9 mi
Cranberry MountainW 267°376 m5.1 mi
Branch HillNW 322°370 m5.6 mi
Seeley HillNW 326°368 m7.2 mi
Turner MountainNNW 331°362 m6.0 mi
Beaver Bog MountainWSW 256°358 m2.8 mi
Wanzer MountainNW 313°346 m2.2 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205619 — Bogus Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260457

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