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Grant Hill

Grant Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Grant Hill rises to 284 m in Connecticut. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyview Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
284 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81704, -72.38703

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 2.2 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 2.3 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.1 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • dog memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 5.4 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.6 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 50
  • filled-in well: 3.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 8.5 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 10.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 5.4 mi
  • Cascades: 5.4 mi
  • Case Falls: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.3 mi
  • Picnic: 20.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 11.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Grant Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainN 352°315 m9.9 mi
Paulk HillN 1°294 m4.4 mi
Whifford HillNE 52°291 m8.4 mi
Kendall HillN 10°290 m7.3 mi
Sugar HillN 9°282 m5.4 mi
Reed HillNNW 338°275 m2.1 mi
Parker MountainNE 47°275 m9.5 mi
Chestnut MountainN 0°275 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207399 — Grant Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359263708

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