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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 160 m in Connecticut. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Pine Brook), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 206247)

Wikidata Q31807789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
160 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55482, -72.52287

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Middle Haddam Historic District: 1.4 mi
  • Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 1.8 mi
  • Cobolt Landing: 2.0 mi
  • Seamster Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sears Park: 2.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 1.8 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Portland Civil War Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Soldiers Monument: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 59
Waterfalls: 56
Attractions: 51
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 2.6 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 2.8 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 2.8 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 3.0 mi
  • grindstone: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 39
Cliffs: 18
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1

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
Meshomasic MountainN 349°265 m5.3 mi
Clark HillN 357°241 m2.8 mi
Raccoon HillNNW 343°228 m4.0 mi
Great HillNW 316°222 m2.4 mi
Clark HillNNW 341°206 m6.4 mi
Baker HillNE 38°204 m2.9 mi
Goose HillSSW 196°201 m8.0 mi
Bear HillWSW 238°199 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206247 — Chestnut Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359261566

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