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City Hill

City Hill, a peak in Connecticut
City Hill, a peak in ConnecticutJerryol · CC BY-SA 4.0

City Hill rises to 134 m in Connecticut. Great Hill stands 292 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Linden Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
134 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.49649, -73.04094
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Linden Park: 0.5 mi
  • Country Hollow Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Cedar Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tuttle House: 0.7 mi
  • St. Francis Field: 0.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Fountain: 0.9 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Raudis Farm: 2.1 mi
  • Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
  • Van Epps Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Mendell's Folly Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Curtis Farms Tract: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 56
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 45
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.7 mi
  • Millstone: 7.0 mi
  • Millstone: 7.0 mi
  • Rock House: 10.2 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 25
Cliffs: 22
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 8.6 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.5 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 15.4 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Pond View: 16.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of City Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillWNW 298°292 m5.5 mi
Blackmans HillWNW 295°282 m7.3 mi
Andrews HillWSW 251°275 m2.7 mi
Woodruff HillW 264°273 m4.3 mi
Bucks HillN 6°268 m7.8 mi
Turkey HillNE 50°263 m2.8 mi
Mount SanfordESE 117°263 m5.3 mi
Prospect HillE 82°260 m3.2 mi
Conditions

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 °F293138496069747366544334
Precip in3.63.54.44.73.74.93.83.84.34.94.44.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1933522 — City Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359284338

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