Fox Hill
Fox Hill rises to 441 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Norfolk Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 441 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dutton Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.3 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- East Summit: 1.8 mi
- Norfolk Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Bigelow Park: 0.7 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 1.6 mi
- North Green: 2.4 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.8 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 4.9 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.3 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 10.0 mi
- Hermit memorial: 10.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Dutton Mountain): 0.5 mi
- Norfolk Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Pine Mountain Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Long Rivers Council (Boy Scouts Of America): 2.1 mi
- Dennis Hill State Park: 2.2 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 0.4 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 7.5 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 7.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 0.8 mi
- Campbell Falls: 4.7 mi
- Pothole Falls: 5.1 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Beulah Falls: 5.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 5.2 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.7 mi
- 4 towns meet: 9.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.2 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 10.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 16.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 18.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 18.3 mi
- Divine Mercy: 21.8 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 21.9 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- The Beech: 9.0 mi
- Space Invaders: 9.0 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 9.0 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 9.0 mi
- Heritage Garden: 15.6 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 16.8 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 21.9 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 22.0 mi
- Holland Beach: 7.1 mi
- County Beach: 15.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 20.5 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 22.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 7.8 mi
- Big Spring: 10.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 10.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 10.9 mi
- Questing: 10.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | W 275° | 584 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 343° | 539 m | 3.2 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNE 13° | 537 m | 8.4 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | WSW 248° | 528 m | 4.7 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | WSW 255° | 521 m | 3.2 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | N 360° | 519 m | 3.3 mi |
| Higley Hill | N 10° | 518 m | 6.5 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | NE 43° | 517 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1931982 — Fox Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359281319
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 13 mi
- Monterey · 14 mi
- Otis · 16 mi
- Great Barrington · 17 mi
- Blandford · 19 mi
- Lee · 22 mi
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