Charcoal Hill
Charcoal Hill rises to 63 m in Connecticut. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Newman-Poses Preserve, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 63 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Newman-Poses Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Gault Park: 1.1 mi
- Wakeman Park: 1.2 mi
- Hitchcock Park: 1.5 mi
- Town Farm Ball Complex: 1.8 mi
- Southport Beach: 4.3 mi
- Burying Hill Beach: 4.4 mi
- Alvord Beach: 4.5 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 4.9 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 4.9 mi
- Catamount Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sipperly Hill: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
- Merwins Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fanton Hill: 1.9 mi
- Silent Grove: 0.9 mi
- Taylor Woods Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Tall Pines Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Keene Park: 1.4 mi
- Putnam Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Capped Water Well: 3.3 mi
- Haskins House: 3.3 mi
- Haskins Greenhouses: 3.3 mi
- Great Swamp Fight - 1637: 3.8 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 4.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 9.0 mi
- Heron: 9.3 mi
- Mother Mary: 10.8 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 12.6 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.4 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.4 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.1 mi
- Earthplace: 2.9 mi
- Burr Homestead: 5.3 mi
- 3-town marker: 6.9 mi
- Weir House: 8.2 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 9.3 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 4.5 mi
- Sheep Falls: 7.4 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 9.3 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 9.8 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 13.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.9 mi
- Pond View: 11.0 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.6 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 13.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.2 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 7.1 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 8.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 12.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 15.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 9.1 mi
- Cuties Island: 13.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 10.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Charcoal Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodsell Hill | NNW 328° | 211 m | 7.2 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NNW 333° | 204 m | 7.4 mi |
| Nod HIll | NW 314° | 197 m | 8.3 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | NW 325° | 186 m | 7.2 mi |
| Diamond Hill | NNW 337° | 186 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 290° | 184 m | 7.5 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NE 40° | 179 m | 7.4 mi |
| Upper Bald Hill | WNW 296° | 171 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206193 — Charcoal Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261443
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