Golden Hill
Golden Hill rises to 143 m in Connecticut. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Janice L. Bosworth Meadows, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 143 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Janice L. Bosworth Meadows: 0.4 mi
- Tucker Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Dunn Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Lyon Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Ann A. Wright Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 2.8 mi
- Pineville Mill: 4.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Pomfret Hill: 1.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bowen Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hamlet Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hospital Hill: 3.2 mi
- Pomfret Little League Field: 2.2 mi
- Pomfret Green: 2.5 mi
- Owen Bell Park: 3.2 mi
- John F. Simonzi, Sr. Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Putnam Civil War Veterans Monument: 3.8 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 2.3 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 5.0 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 11.6 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 16.2 mi
- U’s and C’s: 16.2 mi
- Copper Tower: 16.3 mi
- The Fallen: 16.5 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 16.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 10.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 11.8 mi
- Wescott Beach: 12.6 mi
- YWCA Beach: 16.3 mi
- Flynns Beach: 16.4 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 3.8 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.7 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 10.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 11.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 12.1 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 16.6 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 16.6 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 16.7 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 16.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Cargill Falls: 3.8 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 11.5 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 15.1 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 11.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.5 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 20.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 3.8 mi
- Picnic: 12.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Golden Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | NNW 326° | 283 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ragged Hill | WNW 299° | 265 m | 5.4 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | NW 306° | 265 m | 6.2 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NW 324° | 265 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NW 316° | 264 m | 6.6 mi |
| Daven Hill | NW 312° | 258 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sprague Hill | W 271° | 257 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hammond Hill | NW 316° | 257 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207343 — Golden Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359263619
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