Gay Woods Hill
Gay Woods Hill rises to 288 m in Connecticut. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Beeslick Pond, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 288 m
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mine Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Forge Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Easter: 2.4 mi
- Sharon Mountain-North Peak: 2.5 mi
- Mudge Pond Town Beach: 2.6 mi
- Bauer Park: 2.7 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 2.7 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 2.7 mi
- Trotta Field: 3.5 mi
- Beeslick Pond: 0.2 mi
- Bauer Woods: 0.7 mi
- Belcher: 0.9 mi
- Tory Hill Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Wack Forest: 1.5 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 2.8 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 4.2 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Folly: 3.8 mi
- Lime Kiln: 4.4 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.6 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 9.1 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 9.5 mi
- Great Falls: 3.8 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 4.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.8 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 0.8 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 3.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 9.1 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 14.2 mi
- wings castle: 14.3 mi
- Grand Staircase: 14.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.8 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 18.5 mi
- The Beech: 20.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 17.5 mi
- East Beach: 18.2 mi
- West Beach: 18.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 19.5 mi
- Judea Garden: 17.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 20.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 22.3 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 23.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 17.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 19.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 19.8 mi
- Diving Lady: 20.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 18.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.9 mi
- Big Spring: 21.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 9.0 mi
- Questing: 16.2 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 12.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gay Woods Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | NNW 342° | 588 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Riga | NNW 336° | 534 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lion's Head | N 350° | 531 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | ENE 74° | 528 m | 7.7 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | NW 325° | 518 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bird Peak | NW 322° | 477 m | 4.7 mi |
| Howe Mountain | E 101° | 473 m | 6.7 mi |
| Titus Mountain | E 97° | 464 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359281333
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 19 mi
- Monterey · 21 mi
- Berkshires · 22 mi
- Otis · 25 mi
- Stockbridge · 26 mi
- Lee · 28 mi
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