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Hastings Hill

Hastings Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hastings Hill rises to 72 m in Connecticut. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is King Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808024, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
72 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.02537, -72.67426

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Town Of Suffield (Hill Street & Russell Av.): 0.9 mi
  • Still Brook Park: 2.0 mi
  • Sacred Heart Field: 3.0 mi
  • Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 54
  • Azalea Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Side Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Front Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Back Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Freedom Eagle: 4.3 mi
  • The Three Graces: 5.9 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.8 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 6.8 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 53
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 1.2 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 2.9 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 46
  • New England Sky Screamer: 3.2 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.4 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.4 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.4 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 13.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 17.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 18.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 18.1 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Hastings Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainWNW446 m12.4 mi
Holden HillWNW412 m12.4 mi
Winchell MountainW403 m11.9 mi
South MountainW357 m10.2 mi
Cobble MountainWNW351 m12.7 mi
Drake MountainWNW350 m10.0 mi
Bad Luck MountainWNW347 m10.6 mi
East Sweetman MountainWNW339 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264167

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