Skip to content

Briggs Hill

Briggs Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Briggs Hill rises to 323 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Holiday Point Community Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
323 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55482, -73.49429

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 3.0 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 4.8 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 9.1 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 10.9 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 11.0 mi
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 33
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Cascades: 9.4 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Personal Gardens: 5.9 mi
  • Judea Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 12.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 12.3 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 10
  • greek letter pi: 10.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 13.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 21.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 21.2 mi
  • Pond View: 21.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Briggs Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNW 313°405 m3.3 mi
Birch HillSW 235°386 m4.0 mi
Cranberry MountainSW 225°376 m5.0 mi
West MountainWNW 300°373 m7.6 mi
Branch HillWNW 302°370 m2.2 mi
Seeley HillNW 318°368 m3.7 mi
Turner MountainNNW 327°362 m2.4 mi
West MountainWNW 296°360 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205724 — Briggs Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260627

More peaks in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Briggs Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens