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Carter Hill

Carter Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Carter Hill rises to 192 m in Connecticut. Mannantuck stands 273 m to the north, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickinson Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.62677, -72.46620
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Farley Field: 1.0 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.9 mi
  • Sears Park: 3.3 mi
  • Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 4.0 mi
  • Seamster Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 3.3 mi
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 4.0 mi
  • Slocomb Mill: 6.4 mi
  • Wilcox Mill (Site of): 6.7 mi
  • Wilcox Mill: 6.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 52
  • Insect Hotel: 2.9 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 3.0 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 3.3 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 4.4 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 52
  • Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • The Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Day Pond Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Grayville Falls: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 8.7 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 7
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Carter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MannantuckN 357°273 m5.7 mi
John Tom HillN 357°272 m5.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainW 273°265 m3.9 mi
Clark HillSW 235°241 m3.8 mi
Post HillENE 65°239 m7.3 mi
Lookout MountainN 354°237 m8.9 mi
Kongscut MountainNNW 339°234 m5.1 mi
Birch MountainN 354°233 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:23

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261174

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