Peak · Connecticut
Bowers Hill
Bowers Hill rises to 128 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Aggie Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31807660, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 128 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.40982, -73.15761
- 11.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Aggie Park: 0.3 mi
- Lily Park: 1.3 mi
- Ryan's Courts: 1.4 mi
- Victory Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Webb Mountain Park: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Posy Panko Park: 0.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Park: 1.5 mi
- Town Open Space (Great Quarter Road): 2.1 mi
- Webb Mountain Park: 2.4 mi
- Kettletown State Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
- Good Hill: 1.0 mi
- Fivemile Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rockhouse Hill: 2.0 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hulls Hill: 2.1 mi
Beaches
- Jackson Cove Beach: 1.7 mi
- Zoar Beach: 2.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 14.6 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 14.9 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 14.9 mi
Historic sites
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 2.3 mi
- The Castle: 2.9 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 3.1 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 3.2 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 4.0 mi
Museums
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 6.2 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 6.3 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 7.2 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 53
- SIS Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Eklund Garden: 7.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.3 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 47
- Prydden Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 3.3 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 5.2 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.7 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 29
- Millstone: 3.3 mi
- Millstone: 3.4 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.2 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 20
- Mother Mary: 10.2 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 11.5 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 11.5 mi
- Heron: 11.5 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Bethel Rock: 9.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 13.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.7 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Pond View: 7.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Tongue Point Light: 16.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 18.0 mi
- Fog Signal House: 18.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 14.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Pleasure Beach: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Bowers Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NE 34° | 275 m | 6.2 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NNE 17° | 273 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NE 44° | 246 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bedlam Hill | NNE 13° | 245 m | 7.8 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 350° | 242 m | 4.9 mi |
| Huntington Hill | NE 45° | 237 m | 6.4 mi |
| Moose Hill | ESE 106° | 231 m | 2.1 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | NE 37° | 223 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1933345 — Bowers Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359283819
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- Stamford · 30 mi
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