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Cedar Hill

Cedar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cedar Hill rises to 185 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Cedar Hill Road), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807756, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
185 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.38621, -73.29928

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 1.5 mi
  • The Pleasance: 1.6 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Candle wall: 2.8 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 4.9 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.3 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 5.4 mi
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 6.4 mi
  • South Beach: 10.4 mi
  • North Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.6 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.9 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 24
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.8 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 8.5 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.2 mi
  • Mother Mary: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Pond View: 5.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Cedar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakSW 231°303 m2.6 mi
Moses MountainWSW 258°296 m8.8 mi
Thomas MountainW 260°286 m8.3 mi
Town MountainW 262°264 m7.5 mi
Bogus MountainWSW 249°254 m7.1 mi
Sunset HillSW 224°253 m4.7 mi
Taunton HillWNW 285°251 m2.7 mi
Eden HillSSW 192°240 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359285416

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