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Broad Hill

Broad Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Broad Hill rises to 238 m in Connecticut. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Frances B. Petersen Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95343, -72.85065

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 2.2 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 2.8 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 2.9 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 5.8 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 6.9 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Berg Field: 3.8 mi
  • Granbrook Park: 4.1 mi
  • Newgate State Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
  • Meadow Pond: 4.9 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 53
  • Bike Sculpture: 7.5 mi
  • Cow: 10.9 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 11.1 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 12.0 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 49
  • cellar hole: 1.7 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 2.6 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 4.0 mi
  • Boehm house site: 4.4 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • Carpenter's Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Beach Brook Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Enders Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Enders Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Enders Falls: 1.4 mi
Gardens: 47
  • Southwick Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Front Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Back Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Front Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 9.5 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 11.6 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 12.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 12.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 11.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Broad Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillNNW 337°448 m10.2 mi
Johnson HillNW 308°439 m9.7 mi
Beecher HillWNW 298°430 m9.7 mi
Prospect HillNNW 333°425 m9.0 mi
Pine MountainWNW 287°421 m4.2 mi
Holden HillNNW 347°412 m10.3 mi
Booth HillNW 308°411 m7.7 mi
Winchell MountainNNW 340°403 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205736 — Broad Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260643

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