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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 227 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunrise Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 206241)

Wikidata Q31807791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
227 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.58788, -73.00233

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 3.0 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 3.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 59
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 54
Artworks: 53
  • Maori Head: 3.0 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 3.2 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 3.2 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 3.2 mi
  • Home: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 27
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 3.6 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 5.9 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 9.0 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 9.1 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 3.7 mi
  • Pond View: 22.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 22.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 5.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cold Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 19.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNE 34°313 m5.1 mi
Lindsley HillNE 38°312 m3.1 mi
Lattin HillNW 321°310 m8.7 mi
Walnut HillNW 319°307 m8.7 mi
Clinton HillN 351°303 m2.1 mi
West PeakESE 102°301 m8.4 mi
Becar HillNNE 18°297 m2.4 mi
Mount HopeN 10°297 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261547

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