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Diamond Hill

Diamond Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Diamond Hill rises to 186 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Stormfield, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.6 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4832799.

Wikidata Q31807884, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.28760, -73.40345

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Southport Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Burying Hill Beach: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens: 55
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 6.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Memorial Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 3.9 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.1 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.1 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 18
  • 3-town marker: 2.0 mi
  • Weir House: 3.5 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 7.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.2 mi
  • Earthplace: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Cedar Grove: 8.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 8.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.8 mi
  • Pond View: 8.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Diamond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW304 m6.2 mi
Cranson PeakNNE303 m6.2 mi
Moses MountainNNW296 m6.0 mi
Barlow MountainWNW290 m5.6 mi
Thomas MountainNNW286 m6.1 mi
West MountainW285 m6.5 mi
Ned MountainNW284 m7.3 mi
Seth Low MountainWNW283 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359262457

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