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Box Hill

Box Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Box Hill rises to 252 m in Connecticut. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is John S. Risley Memorial Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
252 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.80260, -72.45453
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 1.4 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 1.5 mi
  • Meadowbrook Play Area: 1.6 mi
  • Lake Street Parklet: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 5.8 mi
  • dog memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 58
  • filled-in well: 2.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.4 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 7.9 mi
  • Car Wreck: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 55
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 54
  • sensory garden: 5.4 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Picnic: 24.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Box Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainN 11°315 m11.0 mi
Paulk HillNNE 33°294 m6.5 mi
Whifford HillENE 59°291 m11.8 mi
Kendall HillNNE 30°290 m9.4 mi
Grant HillENE 74°284 m3.6 mi
Sugar HillNE 34°282 m7.6 mi
Reed HillNE 42°275 m4.0 mi
Chestnut MountainNNE 16°275 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260534

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