College Hill
College Hill rises to 466 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 466 m
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.2 mi
- East Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Fox Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- North Green: 2.1 mi
- Norfolk Historic District: 2.3 mi
- Bigelow Park: 2.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace Industrial Park: 3.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.0 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 3.0 mi
- Dough Boy: 5.3 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 12.2 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 12.6 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 2.4 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 5.4 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 5.4 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.0 mi
- Campbell Falls: 2.0 mi
- Pothole Falls: 6.4 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Beulah Falls: 7.2 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 3.5 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 9.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 9.9 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 12.0 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 13.7 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 15.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 15.6 mi
- Divine Mercy: 19.2 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 19.3 mi
- The Beech: 8.8 mi
- Space Invaders: 8.9 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 8.9 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 8.9 mi
- Acorn Face: 8.9 mi
- Heritage Garden: 13.3 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 19.3 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.4 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 20.4 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Holland Beach: 9.7 mi
- County Beach: 14.6 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 20.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 21.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 22.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 10.4 mi
- Big Spring: 12.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 13.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.5 mi
- Questing: 7.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 15.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of College Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | WSW 241° | 584 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 33° | 539 m | 0.8 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNE 29° | 537 m | 6.7 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | SW 215° | 528 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | SSW 207° | 521 m | 3.6 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | NE 56° | 519 m | 1.6 mi |
| Higley Hill | NNE 32° | 518 m | 4.8 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | ENE 66° | 517 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359261974
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 11 mi
- Monterey · 11 mi
- Great Barrington · 14 mi
- Otis · 14 mi
- Blandford · 19 mi
- Stockbridge · 19 mi
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