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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

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • 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
Gardens
  • 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
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
Waterfalls: 29
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Cascade: 2.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.9 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
Attractions: 19
  • 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: 9
  • 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
Lighthouses: 8
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
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Diamond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 315°304 m6.2 mi
Cranson PeakNNE 33°303 m6.2 mi
Moses MountainNNW 327°296 m6.0 mi
Barlow MountainWNW 299°290 m5.6 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 333°286 m6.1 mi
West MountainW 280°285 m6.5 mi
Ned MountainNW 305°284 m7.3 mi
Seth Low MountainWNW 297°283 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 5080 °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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