Brushy Hill
Brushy Hill rises to 215 m in Connecticut. Mount Tom stands 393 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Picton, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807686, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 215 m
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Picton: 0.6 mi
- Fleming Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Leavenworth Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Church Hill Woods: 1.1 mi
- Parker/Hart Refuge: 1.1 mi
- Hogpen Hill: 1.1 mi
- Church Hill: 1.1 mi
- Kavanaugh Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bird Hill: 1.5 mi
- Davidson Hill: 1.8 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 2.7 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 3.1 mi
- Town Green: 3.2 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 3.9 mi
- Hollow Park: 4.1 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 5.6 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 5.8 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 3.9 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.1 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.3 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 4.6 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 1.7 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 2.7 mi
- Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Cascade: 8.6 mi
- New Preston Falls: 9.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 3.8 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 8.0 mi
- Poet's Circle: 8.0 mi
- Biblical Garden: 8.0 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 3.2 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 3.3 mi
- Indian village: 5.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 6.6 mi
- Rock House: 7.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 3.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 9.2 mi
- Ben Franklin: 9.2 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 9.3 mi
- Maori Head: 9.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 3.7 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 7.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.5 mi
- Kelly Slide: 12.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 7.7 mi
- Waterfront: 9.3 mi
- Boating Side: 9.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 12.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
- Pond View: 19.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 19.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 19.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 19.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 23.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 16.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Brushy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | NNW 336° | 393 m | 7.5 mi |
| Todd Hill | NNW 348° | 344 m | 4.5 mi |
| Poor House Hill | N 4° | 336 m | 6.9 mi |
| Apple Hill | N 359° | 334 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Mount Tom | NNW 339° | 331 m | 6.8 mi |
| Painter Hill | W 275° | 324 m | 3.9 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | WNW 292° | 324 m | 7.1 mi |
| Carmel Hill | NNW 330° | 322 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260778
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- Putnam County · 30 mi
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