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Bush Hill

Bush Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bush Hill rises to 97 m in Connecticut. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Hill Farm, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
97 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.73954, -72.56037
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Parks
  • Addison Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 1.8 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 2.3 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 2.5 mi
  • Attawanhood Park: 2.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.5 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 3.1 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.8 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Crow Point: 3.7 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.8 mi
  • South Wall: 12.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 12.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Bush Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillENE 59°284 m10.4 mi
Reed HillNE 48°275 m10.9 mi
MannantuckESE 115°273 m5.0 mi
John Tom HillESE 115°272 m5.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 173°265 m7.6 mi
Box HillNE 51°252 m7.0 mi
Clark HillS 170°241 m10.1 mi
Lookout MountainENE 74°237 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205880 — Bush Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260962

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