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Fire Hill

Fire Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Fire Hill rises to 210 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Knolls, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
210 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.31343, -73.46068

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 2.7 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 4.4 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 10.8 mi
  • South Beach: 11.2 mi
  • North Beach: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 3.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Saugatuck Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade: 5.3 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 18
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.3 mi
  • Annunaki: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
  • Pell Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Fire Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 332°304 m3.0 mi
Cranson PeakENE 62°303 m7.2 mi
Bailey MountainW 269°299.314 m4.7 mi
Moses MountainN 355°296 m3.2 mi
Barlow MountainWNW 294°290 m2.1 mi
Thomas MountainN 3°286 m3.7 mi
West MountainW 260°285 m3.5 mi
Ned MountainNW 308°284 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359263060

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