Fanton Hill
Fanton Hill rises to 88 m in Connecticut. Windy Hill stands 220 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Woods Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 88 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Woods Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Tall Pines Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Girl Scout Camp: 0.7 mi
- Katherine Ordway Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Walter Wagner Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Flat Rock Hill: 1.2 mi
- Camfield Hill: 1.2 mi
- Catamount Hill: 1.6 mi
- Charcoal Hill: 1.9 mi
- Powells Hill: 2.2 mi
- Newman-Poses Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Aspetuck Park: 2.1 mi
- Bisceglie-Scribner Park: 2.6 mi
- Gault Park: 2.9 mi
- Wakeman Park: 3.0 mi
- Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 3.2 mi
- Jean Wells Wallace: 3.2 mi
- Tree Stump Monument: 4.4 mi
- Leornard Bradley Plaque: 5.0 mi
- Capped Water Well: 5.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.3 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 6.5 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 7.4 mi
- Mid Fairfield Youth Museum: 4.5 mi
- Wilton Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 5.6 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 5.9 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 6.5 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 4.5 mi
- Southport Beach: 5.9 mi
- Burying Hill Beach: 6.3 mi
- Alvord Beach: 6.4 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 6.4 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 7.1 mi
- Heron: 8.5 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.9 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 12.1 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 12.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cascade: 2.8 mi
- Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Sheep Falls: 6.3 mi
- Earthplace: 4.5 mi
- 3-town marker: 5.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 6.4 mi
- Weir House: 7.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 9.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 9.3 mi
- Pond View: 9.4 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.1 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 8.9 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 9.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 12.9 mi
- Fog Signal House: 12.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 9.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 9.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Fanton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Hill | NW 323° | 220 m | 7.2 mi |
| Goodsell Hill | NW 318° | 211 m | 5.7 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NW 325° | 204 m | 5.8 mi |
| Meekers Hill | N 359° | 203 m | 7.2 mi |
| Nod Hill | WNW 303° | 199 m | 7.2 mi |
| Nod HIll | WNW 303° | 197 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NW 312° | 191 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | NW 315° | 186 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207027 — Fanton Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359262997
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