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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Great Falls: 3.8 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.8 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
- Town Hill Farm: 0.8 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 3.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 9.1 mi
- trail parking: 13.4 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 14.2 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
- Judea Garden: 17.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.9 mi
- Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 20.2 mi
- Flower Gardens: 22.2 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
- 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
- Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 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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