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Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bunker Hill rises to 175 m in Connecticut. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Willimantic Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807715, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
175 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.73732, -72.34591
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 1.1 mi
  • Coventry Lake State Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
  • Patriots Park: 2.8 mi
  • Veteran Green: 2.8 mi
  • Columbia Recreation Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • dog memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.8 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 6.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 50
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 4.5 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 4.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.8 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Cascades: 6.0 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 6.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 7.6 mi
  • filled-in well: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNW 348°294 m10.1 mi
Grant HillNNW 339°284 m5.9 mi
Sugar HillN 353°282 m10.9 mi
Reed HillNNW 339°275 m8.0 mi
MannantuckWSW 253°273 m6.8 mi
John Tom HillWSW 253°272 m6.8 mi
Box HillNW 309°252 m7.2 mi
Post HillS 175°239 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205836 — Bunker Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260889

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