Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill rises to 316 m in Connecticut. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807954, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 316 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Falls Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Forge Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.4 mi
- Beebe Hill: 1.4 mi
- Battle Hill: 1.4 mi
- Town Green: 1.1 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 2.2 mi
- Trotta Field: 3.1 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 3.5 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Wack Forest: 1.5 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.7 mi
- Inka's Woods Preserve: 2.1 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 3.6 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 6.1 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Dough Boy: 6.1 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 6.6 mi
- Folly: 6.8 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.4 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 9.2 mi
- Great Falls: 1.2 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 2.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- Pothole Falls: 5.8 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 2.3 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 3.0 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 15.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 16.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 18.2 mi
- Naked Lady: 18.4 mi
- Diving Lady: 21.4 mi
- Divine Mercy: 23.9 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 16.0 mi
- Grand Staircase: 16.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 16.8 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 17.3 mi
- The Beech: 18.0 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 19.5 mi
- East Beach: 19.6 mi
- West Beach: 20.2 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.0 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 23.2 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 23.9 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 15.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.5 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 9.6 mi
- Questing: 13.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gallows Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | NW 315° | 588 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NE 54° | 584 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Riga | NW 305° | 534 m | 5.8 mi |
| Lion's Head | NW 320° | 531 m | 5.6 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | E 81° | 528 m | 4.8 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | ENE 74° | 521 m | 6.3 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | WNW 298° | 518 m | 6.5 mi |
| The Matterhorn | E 90° | 498 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207237 — Gallows Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359263448
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 17 mi
- Monterey · 18 mi
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Otis · 22 mi
- Stockbridge · 24 mi
- Lee · 26 mi
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