Gates Hill
Gates Hill rises to 204 m in Connecticut. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is South Ridge Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807958, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- South Ridge Park: 0.0 mi
- Beaumont Park: 1.5 mi
- Young's Park: 1.6 mi
- Guild Field: 1.8 mi
- Windham Mills State Heritage Park: 1.9 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 1.9 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 2.0 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 2.4 mi
- Johnathan Trumbull Jr. House: 2.9 mi
- William Beaumont House: 3.1 mi
- Sweet Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bush Hill: 1.2 mi
- Owunnegunset Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hosmer Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Kick Hill: 1.7 mi
- Schalk Road Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Burdick Park: 2.1 mi
- Pigeon Swamp Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Potter Meadow: 2.6 mi
- Whitney Forest: 3.3 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 2.6 mi
- plaque: 5.3 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 7.0 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 7.0 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 7.5 mi
- Windy: 1.8 mi
- Swifty: 1.8 mi
- Manny: 1.9 mi
- Willy: 1.9 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 8.5 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 1.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 3.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 5.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 7.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.3 mi
- Mary's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 2.9 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.8 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 9.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 5.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 5.6 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 7.9 mi
- Grayville Falls: 9.3 mi
- Codfish Falls: 9.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 14.1 mi
- Crow Point: 20.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.7 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 18.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 21.7 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 22.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 17.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 23.3 mi
- Powder House: 23.7 mi
- Picnic: 24.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 3.1 mi
- Old Spring: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Gates Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NE 42° | 240 m | 10.4 mi |
| Post Hill | W 263° | 239 m | 6.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 42° | 235 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 40° | 232 m | 9.3 mi |
| Burnt Hill | W 273° | 229 m | 8.7 mi |
| Riley Mountain | NW 324° | 223 m | 10.0 mi |
| Shaw Hill | ENE 58° | 220 m | 9.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 23° | 218 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359263483
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 2 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 6 mi
- Storrs · 9 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 10 mi
- Norwich · 11 mi
- Montville · 15 mi
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