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Church Hill

Church Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Church Hill, a peak in ConnecticutPublic domain
Church Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Related names: Connecticut Highway Department Dunkelberger, George L Paul Bacco Construction Company Creamer, Warren MacDonald, John Warner, Frederic W, consultant Madrid, transmitter Moore, Robert, photographer Hall, Keith, historian Lowe, Jet, photographer · Public domain
Church Hill, a peak in Connecticut
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Church Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Emily Serven · CC BY 3.0
Church Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Emily Serven · CC BY 3.0
Church Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Emily Serven · CC BY 3.0

Church Hill rises to 101 m in Connecticut. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is God's Acre, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31807804, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
101 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.14871, -73.49512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • God's Acre: 0.0 mi
  • Cobblers Green: 0.4 mi
  • New Canaan Nature Center: 0.5 mi
  • Mead Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Irwin Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 3.1 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Perennial Border: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Old Stamford Road Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
  • Browning Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Kelly Lowland Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Still Pond Preserve: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Waveny Mansion: 1.9 mi
  • 911 Arch: 3.2 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 4.1 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 4.9 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.0 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.1 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.4 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.4 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 5.1 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 5.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.0 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.5 mi
  • Weir House: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Farms Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 3.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 2.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 2.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Church Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 8°234 m9.4 mi
Mount AspetongNW 305°229 m9.5 mi
Prospect HillN 1°228 m9.2 mi
Branchville HillN 11°225 m8.2 mi
Biddle HillN 8°223 m8.4 mi
Fox HillNW 325°223 m8.7 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 27°211 m9.1 mi
Becks HillNNW 347°208 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359285480

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