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Bull Hill

Bull Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bull Hill rises to 166 m in Connecticut. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Gateway Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
166 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.57899, -72.44536

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fireman's Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • Seamster Park: 2.2 mi
  • Farley Field: 2.9 mi
  • Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 2.9 mi
  • Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 59
  • Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 7.7 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 52
Attractions: 47
  • Pumpkintown USA: 2.6 mi
  • Mill Turbine: 4.7 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.0 mi
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 5.0 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 34
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 7
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Bull Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckN 351°273 m9.1 mi
John Tom HillN 351°272 m9.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainNW 305°265 m6.1 mi
Clark HillWNW 285°241 m4.3 mi
Post HillNE 41°239 m8.4 mi
Kongscut MountainNNW 340°234 m8.6 mi
Burnt HillNNE 23°229 m8.4 mi
Raccoon HillWNW 293°228 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260855

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