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Gilbert Hill

Gilbert Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gilbert Hill rises to 186 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodsell Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 7.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
186 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26343, -73.41957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.2 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 6.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.9 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 29
  • Cascade: 1.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Cascade: 2.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Weir House: 2.0 mi
  • 3-town marker: 2.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 8.3 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.7 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.5 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Gilbert Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 330°304 m7.0 mi
Moses MountainNNW 340°296 m7.1 mi
Barlow MountainNW 317°290 m6.0 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 345°286 m7.4 mi
West MountainWNW 297°285 m6.2 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 313°283 m6.7 mi
Wooster MountainNNW 333°275 m6.5 mi
Spruce MountainNNW 336°272 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359263547

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