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Great Hill

Great Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Great Hill rises to 217 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Ashford Lane), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
217 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.40204, -73.34706

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • The Pleasance: 2.2 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.2 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Bennett Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.6 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.8 mi
Beaches
  • South Beach: 7.8 mi
  • North Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Southford Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 7.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.1 mi
  • Millstone: 10.1 mi
  • Millstone: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Lesser Evil: 4.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.6 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 8.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.3 mi
  • Pond View: 8.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Great Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWSW 244°304 m8.1 mi
Cranson PeakS 170°303 m2.8 mi
Moses MountainWSW 245°296 m6.8 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 247°286 m6.2 mi
Wooster MountainWSW 241°275 m7.7 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 245°272 m7.3 mi
Botsford HillN 1°267 m8.8 mi
Sweet Cake MountainNW 308°265 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359263781

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