Bush Hill
Bush Hill rises to 152 m in Connecticut. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Porcelain Mine, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 152 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 5.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hosmer Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Gates Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sweet Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cooks Hill: 2.1 mi
- Miller Hill: 2.5 mi
- Young's Park: 0.7 mi
- Guild Field: 0.7 mi
- Wilimantic Whitewater Park: 0.9 mi
- War Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Jillson Square Park: 1.2 mi
- Burdick Park: 0.9 mi
- Potter Meadow: 1.4 mi
- West Main Street Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Schalk Road Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Thornbush Road Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 1.2 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 1.3 mi
- Johnathan Trumbull Jr. House: 4.0 mi
- William Beaumont House: 4.3 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 3.7 mi
- plaque: 6.4 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.4 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.6 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 6.7 mi
- Swifty: 1.0 mi
- Windy: 1.0 mi
- Willy: 1.1 mi
- Manny: 1.1 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 7.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.3 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 0.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 4.1 mi
- Wolf Rock: 4.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 8.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.1 mi
- Mary's Garden: 1.2 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 2.1 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.5 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 6.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 13.1 mi
- Crow Point: 20.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.8 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 18.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 20.6 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 24.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 16.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
- Picnic: 23.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 24.5 mi
- Powder House: 24.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 2.2 mi
- Old Spring: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Bush Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NE 48° | 240 m | 10.0 mi |
| Post Hill | WSW 252° | 239 m | 6.2 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 50° | 235 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 47° | 232 m | 8.8 mi |
| Burnt Hill | W 266° | 229 m | 8.2 mi |
| Riley Mountain | NW 323° | 223 m | 8.9 mi |
| Hampton Hill | NE 56° | 221 m | 10.4 mi |
| Shaw Hill | ENE 66° | 220 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260959
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 1 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 7 mi
- Storrs · 8 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 10 mi
- Norwich · 12 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
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