Great Hill
Great Hill rises to 179 m in Connecticut. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Platt Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 207445).
Wikidata Q31807992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 179 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Platt Park: 0.5 mi
- Curtin Park: 0.6 mi
- Linden Park: 1.2 mi
- Tuttle House: 1.4 mi
- Country Hollow Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 1.4 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 3.1 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 7.5 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 7.7 mi
- Raudis Farm: 1.6 mi
- Rowland Park: 3.1 mi
- Curtis Farms Tract: 3.1 mi
- Woods Hill: 3.2 mi
- Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 3.0 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 3.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.0 mi
- Biblical Garden: 3.0 mi
- Poet's Circle: 3.0 mi
- City Hill: 1.1 mi
- Indian Rock: 2.0 mi
- Mulberry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.2 mi
- Joes Rock: 2.4 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 1.7 mi
- Fountain: 1.7 mi
- Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 2.9 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 3.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 5.3 mi
- Waterfront: 8.3 mi
- Boating Side: 8.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 10.5 mi
- Millstone: 7.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.9 mi
- Rock House: 9.1 mi
- Libby's Lump: 9.6 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 12.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Southford Falls: 7.5 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
- Maori Head: 2.7 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 2.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 2.9 mi
- Ben Franklin: 2.9 mi
- Jean Widmark: 12.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.6 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.4 mi
- Ravens Roost: 14.3 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.3 mi
- Pond View: 16.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 17.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 8.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Great Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsley Hill | NNE 27° | 312 m | 8.5 mi |
| Clinton Hill | NNE 13° | 303 m | 7.4 mi |
| Becar Hill | NNE 20° | 297 m | 7.9 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 286° | 292 m | 5.1 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | WNW 286° | 282 m | 7.0 mi |
| Southington Mountain | NE 38° | 281 m | 7.7 mi |
| Andrews Hill | SW 233° | 275 m | 3.3 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | WSW 250° | 273 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359263788
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