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Bugg Hill

Bugg Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bugg Hill rises to 189 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bug Hill Road Tract, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.32426, -73.21928

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Castle: 3.9 mi
  • Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth Site: 6.6 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.7 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 8.3 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 9.6 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 38
Attractions: 22
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 2.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 9.6 mi
  • Millstone: 9.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 5.1 mi
  • Heron: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.9 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 8.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 1.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 1.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bugg Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 293°303 m6.7 mi
Sunset HillW 277°253 m7.4 mi
Taunton HillNW 306°251 m8.4 mi
Eden HillW 277°240 m5.0 mi
Moose HillNE 44°231 m7.5 mi
Mount PleasantNW 319°230 m8.1 mi
Fivemile HillNNE 30°223 m8.2 mi
Great HillNW 309°217 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359285379

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