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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 470 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is East Summit, a peak 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807787, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
470 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97898, -73.17372

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 60
Waterfalls: 53
Attractions: 42
  • Beckley Furnace: 6.5 mi
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 7.5 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 8.8 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 9.0 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Newsboy Statue: 17.3 mi
  • Naked Lady: 19.2 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 19.2 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 20.6 mi
  • The Globe: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Winsted Cliffs: 7.1 mi
  • The Beech: 8.3 mi
  • Space Invaders: 8.3 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 8.4 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Flower Gardens: 16.0 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 16.0 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 16.4 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradford MountainW 277°584 m6.2 mi
Bald MountainNNW 327°539 m4.0 mi
Cowles HillN 4°537 m8.5 mi
Stone Man MountainWSW 255°528 m5.8 mi
Wangum Lake HillW 262°521 m4.4 mi
East Bald MountainNNW 340°519 m3.8 mi
Higley HillN 359°518 m6.7 mi
Seymour MountainNNE 34°517 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261563

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