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Gallows Hill

Gallows Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.50204, -73.41818

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Museums: 48
Waterfalls: 41
Gardens: 31
  • 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
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 18
Artworks: 14
  • 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
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Rest areas: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillW 281°386 m7.3 mi
Cranberry MountainW 271°376 m7.5 mi
Branch HillNW 310°370 m7.5 mi
Turner MountainNW 317°362 m7.7 mi
Beaver Bog MountainW 267°358 m5.1 mi
Wanzer MountainWNW 296°346 m4.4 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 332°323 m3.9 mi
Briggs HillNW 313°323 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

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

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