Hang-Dog Hill
Hang-Dog Hill rises to 49 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Harvey Fuller Grounds, a park 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808019, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 49 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Harvey Fuller Grounds: 0.5 mi
- Old Common: 1.0 mi
- Maxwell Park: 1.1 mi
- Churchill Green: 1.3 mi
- Wolcott Green: 1.3 mi
- Cedar Meadows Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Mill Woods Park: 0.9 mi
- Pyquaug Village Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Goff Brook Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Kelly Park: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 1.5 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 1.6 mi
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 1.7 mi
- Silas W. Robbins House: 2.5 mi
- Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: 2.6 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 2.5 mi
- Equality: 5.8 mi
- Pulaski: 5.9 mi
- Home: 6.0 mi
- Stegosaurus: 6.0 mi
- Constitution Oak: 2.6 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 6.5 mi
- Mark Twain House: 6.6 mi
- Keney Tower: 6.8 mi
- Hay Tedder: 7.4 mi
- Harriss Hill: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 1.8 mi
- Vexation Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 1.7 mi
- Wells and Wilcox Manufacturing 1870-1910: 2.6 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 2.6 mi
- Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 2.6 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 2.6 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 2.6 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Dividend Falls: 2.6 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 3.6 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- Westfield Falls: 7.0 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Crow Point: 3.3 mi
- Green Wall: 8.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 8.8 mi
- South Wall: 9.3 mi
- Solar Panel: 9.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.1 mi
- Boating Side: 19.5 mi
- Waterfront: 19.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Hang-Dog Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SSW 204° | 272 m | 9.4 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | ESE 116° | 265 m | 7.1 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | E 81° | 234 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 281° | 229 m | 8.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | SE 126° | 228 m | 7.7 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 139° | 222 m | 8.7 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 243° | 217 m | 9.0 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | ENE 67° | 215 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359289538
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Tolland · 20 mi
- Storrs · 23 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- Somers · 24 mi
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