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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Great Falls: 3.0 mi
- Riga Falls: 3.6 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.3 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 4.7 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
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 13.7 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
- 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
- Heritage Garden: 16.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.9 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 20.6 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 21.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 22.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 20.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 20.6 mi
- Questing: 10.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 7.5 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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