Skip to content

Cook Hill

Cook Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.84927, -72.66620

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • 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
Museums
Historic sites
  • Major John Mason Statue: 1.6 mi
  • VW: 2.1 mi
  • Farm Tool: 2.1 mi
  • 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 2.4 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 60
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 19
  • 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
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 19.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • 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
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeWNW 287°305 m11.2 mi
Talcott MountainWSW 249°276 m7.3 mi
Onion MountainW 274°253 m11.0 mi
Box HillESE 106°252 m11.4 mi
Ely MoundWSW 241°246 m8.1 mi
Weed HillWNW 303°241 m11.5 mi
Lookout MountainSE 125°237 m11.3 mi
Case MountainSE 124°215 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

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

More peaks in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Cook Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens