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Carmen Hill

Carmen Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Carmen Hill rises to 240 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallows Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
240 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50593, -73.43290

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Cadigan Park: 1.6 mi
  • Brookfield Town Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • Candlewood Shores Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 7.0 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 8.0 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 8.3 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 8.3 mi
Museums: 44
Waterfalls: 38
Gardens: 30
  • Personal Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.8 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.8 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Judea Garden: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 12
  • Lesser Evil: 6.3 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 9.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 9.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 16.5 mi
  • Pond View: 16.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 17.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Carmen Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNW 315°405 m8.0 mi
Birch HillW 280°386 m6.5 mi
Cranberry MountainW 269°376 m6.7 mi
Branch HillNW 312°370 m6.8 mi
Seeley HillNW 317°368 m8.3 mi
Turner MountainNW 320°362 m7.0 mi
Beaver Bog MountainW 263°358 m4.4 mi
Wanzer MountainWNW 298°346 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261160

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