Carmen Hill
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
- 21.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gallows Hill: 0.8 mi
- Bogus Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.9 mi
- Great Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sweet Cake Mountain: 2.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 2.3 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- Northrop House: 6.0 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 8.1 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 8.6 mi
- 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
- Quaker Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.2 mi
- New Preston Falls: 12.4 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 13.0 mi
- New Milford Tank: 5.1 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 6.3 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 7.4 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.0 mi
- Indian village: 9.1 mi
- North Beach: 2.1 mi
- South Beach: 2.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.3 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 5.1 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 5.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 2.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 5.2 mi
- Kelly Slide: 5.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 12.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Danbury Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Dicktown: 17.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 12.4 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Hill | NW 315° | 405 m | 8.0 mi |
| Birch Hill | W 280° | 386 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | W 269° | 376 m | 6.7 mi |
| Branch Hill | NW 312° | 370 m | 6.8 mi |
| Seeley Hill | NW 317° | 368 m | 8.3 mi |
| Turner Mountain | NW 320° | 362 m | 7.0 mi |
| Beaver Bog Mountain | W 263° | 358 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wanzer Mountain | WNW 298° | 346 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359261160
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 17 mi
- Cold Spring · 28 mi
- Stamford · 29 mi
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