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Florida Hill

Florida Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Florida Hill rises to 189 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Florida Refuge, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.28287, -73.45929

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • War Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Olmstead Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Reflecting Pool Ruins: 4.0 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 12.4 mi
  • South Beach: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 4.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Sheep Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 18
  • Annunaki: 6.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 3.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Florida Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 343°304 m4.9 mi
Bailey MountainWNW 293°299.314 m5.2 mi
Moses MountainN 356°296 m5.3 mi
Barlow MountainNW 326°290 m3.6 mi
Thomas MountainN 1°286 m5.8 mi
West MountainWNW 293°285 m3.8 mi
Ned MountainNW 325°284 m5.5 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 319°283 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207118 — Florida Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359263130

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