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College Hill

College Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

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

Coordinates42.01704, -73.22539

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 52
Historic sites: 48
Museums: 45
Attractions: 30
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 19
  • Flower Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • 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
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of College Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradford MountainWSW 241°584 m4.0 mi
Bald MountainNNE 33°539 m0.8 mi
Cowles HillNNE 29°537 m6.7 mi
Stone Man MountainSW 215°528 m5.1 mi
Wangum Lake HillSSW 207°521 m3.6 mi
East Bald MountainNE 56°519 m1.6 mi
Higley HillNNE 32°518 m4.8 mi
Seymour MountainENE 66°517 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261974

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