Dennis Hill
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Dennis Hill rises to 496 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennis Hill State Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 496 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 25.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillside Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Bigelow Park: 2.8 mi
- Norfolk Historic District: 2.9 mi
- Maasser Park: 3.4 mi
- North Green: 4.7 mi
- Dennis Hill State Park: 0.1 mi
- Pine Mountain Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Dutton Mountain): 2.2 mi
- Wolcott Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Richard Croft Mem. Preserve (Ct Audubon Society): 2.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Parker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Dutton Mountain: 1.9 mi
- East Summit: 2.0 mi
- Grant Hill: 2.1 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 2.7 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 6.6 mi
- American Mural Project: 7.4 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 3.2 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 6.3 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 7.7 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.5 mi
- Hermit memorial: 9.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.1 mi
- Pothole Falls: 3.7 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 6.0 mi
- Beulah Falls: 6.6 mi
- Campbell Falls: 6.9 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.5 mi
- 4 towns meet: 8.6 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 9.5 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 9.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.3 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- The Beech: 10.7 mi
- Space Invaders: 10.7 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 10.8 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 10.8 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 18.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 20.4 mi
- Naked Lady: 20.4 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 21.0 mi
- Divine Mercy: 24.1 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.0 mi
- Judea Garden: 19.7 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 23.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.8 mi
- County Beach: 17.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 18.2 mi
- Boating Side: 23.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 6.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 9.3 mi
- Big Spring: 10.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 10.3 mi
- Questing: 12.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 16.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dennis Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | WNW 300° | 584 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 350° | 539 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | W 277° | 528 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | WNW 296° | 521 m | 3.4 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | N 360° | 519 m | 5.6 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | N 353° | 510 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | N 6° | 506 m | 1.9 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | SSW 194° | 504 m | 5.5 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 | 20:32 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206666 — Dennis Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359262433
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 15 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
- Otis · 18 mi
- Great Barrington · 19 mi
- Blandford · 21 mi
- Stockbridge · 24 mi
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