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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 103 m in Connecticut. Branchville Hill stands 225 m to the north-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Westport Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 206237)

Wikidata Q31807784, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
103 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.18371, -73.39568

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Westport Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Westport Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Stirrup Place Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Old Lantern Drive Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Cherry Lane Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 6.1 mi
Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 1.9 mi
  • Capped Water Well: 4.3 mi
  • Haskins House: 4.3 mi
  • Haskins Greenhouses: 4.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 49
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.2 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.6 mi
  • Heron: 11.7 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 11.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 20
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • The Meadow: 8.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Branchville HillNNW 327°225 m6.7 mi
Biddle HillNW 326°223 m7.2 mi
Windy HillNNW 349°220 m7.4 mi
Goodsell HillN 350°211 m5.8 mi
Becks HillWNW 293°208 m6.9 mi
Huckleberry HillN 356°204 m6.3 mi
Nod HillNNW 329°199 m6.2 mi
Nod HIllNNW 330°197 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206237 — Chestnut Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359261534

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