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Brackett Hill

Brackett Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Brackett Hill rises to 195 m in Connecticut. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Halls Pond Beach, a beach 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807662, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
195 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86871, -72.29119

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 1.0 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.3 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 3.4 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 4.5 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.4 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.2 mi
  • Old root cellar: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 49
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.0 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 48
  • filled-in well: 8.4 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.9 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 12.3 mi
  • Frog Rock: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascades: 3.9 mi
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 14.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 1.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 1.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 10.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Brackett Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNE 34°371 m8.7 mi
Stickney HillNNE 33°371 m10.2 mi
Snow HillNE 35°362 m7.2 mi
Lead Mine HillNE 40°361 m8.4 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 22°354 m8.0 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 340°332 m9.8 mi
Sky HillNE 41°331 m7.6 mi
Walker MountainNE 49°325 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272584

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