Cook Hill
Cook Hill rises to 53 m in Connecticut. West Ledge stands 305 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Phelps Park Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807840, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 53 m
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 28.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington Park: 0.6 mi
- Trent Drive Park: 0.7 mi
- John Fitch Playground: 0.8 mi
- Pine Hill Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Custer Drive Tot Lot: 1.5 mi
- Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of CT: 1.6 mi
- Windsor Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Walter Fyler House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Tobacco Museum: 3.9 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 4.4 mi
- Cow: 2.3 mi
- Cow Mermaid Statue: 2.9 mi
- Steamer: 5.2 mi
- Riverfront Relax: 5.2 mi
- Perserverence: 5.2 mi
- Phelps Park Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Mill Brook Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Ludlow Road Property: 0.9 mi
- Pepperbush Way Open Space (2 Parcels): 1.1 mi
- Tiffany Village/Reed Circle: 1.4 mi
- Day Hill: 1.5 mi
- Lighthouse Hill: 4.2 mi
- Tudor Hill: 4.8 mi
- Grant Hill: 5.2 mi
- Barrett Hill: 5.4 mi
- The Dreamyard: 3.8 mi
- Keney Tower: 5.3 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.8 mi
- Mark Twain House: 6.0 mi
- Smaug's Lair sign: 6.6 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 1.6 mi
- Farm Tool: 2.1 mi
- 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 2.4 mi
- Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Tim Coyne Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 5.9 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 5.9 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 8.9 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 9.3 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 10.5 mi
- Northgate Falls: 10.7 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 10.8 mi
- Hart Meadow: 8.3 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.3 mi
- Garden Wall: 8.3 mi
- Superstructure: 8.9 mi
- Solar Panel: 9.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.7 mi
- Babbs Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 18.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 22.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.0 mi
- Big Spring: 18.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Cook Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Ledge | WNW 287° | 305 m | 11.2 mi |
| Talcott Mountain | WSW 249° | 276 m | 7.3 mi |
| Onion Mountain | W 274° | 253 m | 11.0 mi |
| Box Hill | ESE 106° | 252 m | 11.4 mi |
| Ely Mound | WSW 241° | 246 m | 8.1 mi |
| Weed Hill | WNW 303° | 241 m | 11.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SE 125° | 237 m | 11.3 mi |
| Case Mountain | SE 124° | 215 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1943502 — Cook Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359287989
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 7 mi
- Longmeadow · 15 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
- Tolland · 15 mi
- Hampden · 20 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
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