Cains Hill
Cains Hill rises to 213 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (East Farm Lane), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 213 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin Park Beach: 1.3 mi
- Ridgefield Recreation Center: 1.6 mi
- East Ridge Fields: 1.6 mi
- Governor Park: 1.6 mi
- East Ridge Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- Keeler Tavern Museum: 2.2 mi
- Woodcock Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 5.3 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 3.0 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 3.5 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.5 mi
- South Beach: 12.4 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.8 mi
- Ivy Hill: 0.9 mi
- Florida Hill: 1.0 mi
- Topstone Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fire Hill: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
- Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Settlers Rock: 2.0 mi
- War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Olmstead Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Reflecting Pool Ruins: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fairy Garden: 3.3 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 3.6 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 5.9 mi
- Weir House: 2.7 mi
- 3-town marker: 5.3 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 5.9 mi
- Earthplace: 11.2 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 11.2 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 5.9 mi
- Annunaki: 6.5 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 7.0 mi
- greek letter pi: 8.2 mi
- Lesser Evil: 8.5 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 3.0 mi
- Sheep Falls: 3.5 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.9 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 7.2 mi
- Farms Falls: 14.1 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 6.6 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 6.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 9.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.2 mi
- Pell Hill: 6.7 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.7 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.6 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 15.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 19.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.1 mi
- Cuties Island: 18.1 mi
- Dicktown: 20.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 3.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Cains Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | NNW 344° | 304 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cranson Peak | NE 55° | 303 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | WNW 284° | 299 m | 4.6 mi |
| Moses Mountain | N 0° | 296 m | 4.4 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | NW 321° | 290 m | 2.7 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | N 5° | 286 m | 4.9 mi |
| West Mountain | W 280° | 285 m | 3.2 mi |
| Ned Mountain | NW 322° | 284 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
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 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359261004
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 14 mi
- Putnam County · 17 mi
- Valhalla · 21 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 22 mi
- Purchase · 22 mi
- Rye Brook · 22 mi
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