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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
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens: 59
  • 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
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
Peaks
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
Attractions: 51
Waterfalls: 41
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 9.5 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 MountainNE313 m5.1 mi
Lindsley HillNE312 m3.1 mi
Lattin HillNW310 m8.7 mi
Walnut HillNW307 m8.7 mi
Clinton HillN303 m2.1 mi
West PeakESE301 m8.4 mi
Becar HillNNE297 m2.4 mi
Mount HopeN297 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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