Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill rises to 79 m in Connecticut. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the west, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmen Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 79 m
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carmen Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bogus Hill: 2.4 mi
- Wolf Pit Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cadigan Park: 1.5 mi
- Brookfield Town Beach: 1.6 mi
- Kahlo Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Candlewood Shores Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Lions Park: 2.1 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 7.6 mi
- 9-11 Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 8.1 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 8.1 mi
- The Vietnam War Monument: 8.1 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 2.4 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Northrop House: 6.7 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 8.4 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.0 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 12.4 mi
- New Preston Falls: 12.4 mi
- Personal Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.6 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 8.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.1 mi
- Judea Garden: 13.2 mi
- New Milford Tank: 5.2 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 5.9 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 8.2 mi
- Indian village: 8.9 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.0 mi
- North Beach: 2.5 mi
- South Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 4.1 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 5.7 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 6.2 mi
- Lesser Evil: 6.0 mi
- greek letter pi: 6.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 9.0 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 9.0 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 14.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 2.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 4.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 5.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.8 mi
- Pond View: 15.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 16.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 16.0 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.6 mi
- Dicktown: 18.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 12.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Gallows Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Hill | W 281° | 386 m | 7.3 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | W 271° | 376 m | 7.5 mi |
| Branch Hill | NW 310° | 370 m | 7.5 mi |
| Turner Mountain | NW 317° | 362 m | 7.7 mi |
| Beaver Bog Mountain | W 267° | 358 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wanzer Mountain | WNW 296° | 346 m | 4.4 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | NNW 332° | 323 m | 3.9 mi |
| Briggs Hill | NW 313° | 323 m | 5.4 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 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207236 — Gallows Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359263446
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 18 mi
- Cold Spring · 28 mi
- Stamford · 29 mi
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