Great Hill
Great Hill rises to 222 m in Connecticut. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillside Association, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807990, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 222 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillside Association: 0.5 mi
- Shepherd's Nine: 0.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Brook Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Bowers Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Stuart Brook Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Cobolt Landing: 1.7 mi
- Middle Haddam Historic District: 1.8 mi
- Sears Park: 2.6 mi
- Portland Recreational Complex: 2.7 mi
- Bransfield Park: 2.8 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 2.7 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 5.0 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Face in Tree: 2.8 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 5.1 mi
- First Tear: 6.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 10.4 mi
- Frog: 10.9 mi
- Larson Hill: 0.6 mi
- Penfield Hill: 1.0 mi
- Gate Hill: 1.0 mi
- Gulf Hill: 1.4 mi
- Clark Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 2.8 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 5.1 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 1.2 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 3.3 mi
- grindstone: 4.1 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 4.8 mi
- George Washington rock: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 2.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.6 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Gingers Garden: 6.7 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Glen Falls: 0.7 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 1.9 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 10.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 15.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 20.8 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 21.5 mi
- Middle Beach: 21.6 mi
- Crow Point: 9.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 15.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 7.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Great Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | N 11° | 265 m | 3.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 56° | 241 m | 1.8 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | NNE 19° | 234 m | 8.4 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NNE 13° | 228 m | 2.1 mi |
| Baker Hill | E 82° | 204 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | SSW 205° | 199 m | 4.4 mi |
| Carter Hill | NE 55° | 192 m | 5.6 mi |
| Fuller Hill | NE 45° | 191 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207447 — Great Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359263794
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Willimantic · 20 mi
- Montville · 22 mi
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
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