Gate Hill
Gate Hill rises to 130 m in Connecticut. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807957, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 130 m
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillside Association: 0.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Pine Brook): 1.0 mi
- Middlesex Land Trust: 1.1 mi
- Shepherd's Nine: 1.3 mi
- Bowers Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Middle Haddam Historic District: 1.0 mi
- Cobolt Landing: 1.2 mi
- Sears Park: 2.5 mi
- Seamster Park: 3.1 mi
- Portland Recreational Complex: 3.6 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 2.2 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 4.8 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 5.0 mi
- Face in Tree: 3.6 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 5.4 mi
- First Tear: 6.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 11.4 mi
- Frog: 11.7 mi
- Great Hill: 1.0 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.5 mi
- Larson Hill: 1.5 mi
- Barton Hill: 1.6 mi
- Penfield Hill: 1.8 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 2.2 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 4.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 5.4 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 1.8 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 3.0 mi
- grindstone: 3.4 mi
- George Washington rock: 4.4 mi
- Bible Rock: 4.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 2.5 mi
- Gingers Garden: 5.8 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Glen Falls: 0.8 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 1.2 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 3.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.6 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 20.6 mi
- Middle Beach: 20.7 mi
- Grove Beach: 20.8 mi
- Crow Point: 10.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 15.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 6.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Gate Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | N 1° | 265 m | 4.3 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNE 28° | 241 m | 2.1 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | N 359° | 228 m | 2.9 mi |
| Great Hill | NW 325° | 222 m | 1.0 mi |
| Baker Hill | ENE 66° | 204 m | 3.2 mi |
| Goose Hill | S 187° | 201 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 217° | 199 m | 4.0 mi |
| Carter Hill | NE 45° | 192 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1923848 — Gate Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359277457
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
- Essex · 17 mi
- Willimantic · 20 mi
- Montville · 21 mi
- Old Lyme · 21 mi
- Old Saybrook · 21 mi
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