Duck Hill
Duck Hill rises to 61 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 61 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
- Bill Nolan Field: 1.4 mi
- Tomasso Ballfield: 1.6 mi
- Hubbard Park: 1.6 mi
- Harbor Park: 1.7 mi
- Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Pecausett Harper Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Brownstone Park: 1.4 mi
- YMCA Camp Ingersoll: 1.6 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 2.1 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 3.0 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 3.0 mi
- White Rock: 0.6 mi
- Indian Hill: 0.8 mi
- Tryon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Straits Hill: 1.1 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.6 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 1.8 mi
- First Tear: 3.0 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.6 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.7 mi
- snake: 10.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 1.8 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.0 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 7.1 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 1.9 mi
- grindstone: 3.6 mi
- George Washington rock: 3.6 mi
- Bible Rock: 3.7 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.2 mi
- Glen Falls: 3.0 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 3.1 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 3.3 mi
- Seven Falls: 3.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.7 mi
- East Rive Beach: 19.9 mi
- Circle Beach: 20.0 mi
- Crow Point: 10.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 11.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.0 mi
- Green Wall: 15.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 8.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Duck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | W 268° | 272 m | 6.6 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | NE 35° | 265 m | 6.3 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 59° | 241 m | 5.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NE 42° | 228 m | 5.1 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 60° | 222 m | 3.4 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | WSW 247° | 219 m | 7.5 mi |
| Camels Hump | W 262° | 207 m | 6.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | ENE 71° | 204 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359262558
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Old Lyme · 23 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 24 mi
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