Cave Hill
Cave Hill rises to 313 m in Connecticut. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fink Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 313 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fink Hill: 0.5 mi
- Turnip Top: 0.7 mi
- Wetauwanchu Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Prospect: 1.8 mi
- Dutcher Hill: 1.8 mi
- Edith Scoville Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Mary Alice White Easement: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Barrack-Matiff): 1.4 mi
- Rand Easement: 1.6 mi
- Rosenfeld Easement: 1.6 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- East Twin Lake Water Access: 2.4 mi
- Trotta Field: 2.6 mi
- Edith Scoville Memorial Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 3.3 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 3.9 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Great Falls: 3.0 mi
- Riga Falls: 3.6 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.3 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.5 mi
- Dough Boy: 3.3 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 5.3 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 6.0 mi
- Folly: 8.9 mi
- World War I Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 12.3 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 14.1 mi
- Naked Lady: 14.3 mi
- Diving Lady: 18.7 mi
- Divine Mercy: 19.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 2.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 4.9 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 5.3 mi
- trail parking: 8.0 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 16.8 mi
- The Beech: 16.9 mi
- Space Invaders: 17.0 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 17.0 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 17.0 mi
- Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Flower Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Herb Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 16.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 16.4 mi
- East Beach: 17.3 mi
- West Beach: 18.0 mi
- County Beach: 21.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 20.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 20.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Questing: 10.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Cave Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | NNW 340° | 793 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Frissell | WNW 303° | 747 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Ashley | NW 311° | 725 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Race | NNW 336° | 723 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 308° | 708 m | 4.5 mi |
| Brace Mountain | WNW 297° | 706 m | 6.1 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | WNW 294° | 702 m | 5.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 303° | 695 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206071 — Cave Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261209
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 13 mi
- Monterey · 15 mi
- Berkshires · 17 mi
- Otis · 20 mi
- Stockbridge · 20 mi
- Lee · 22 mi
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