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Hedgehog Hill

Hedgehog Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hedgehog Hill rises to 354 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Brook Campground, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808031, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
354 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.97649, -72.23258

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Staffordville Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • Morey Pond Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 3.0 mi
  • Town Hall Park: 3.0 mi
  • Furnace Hollow Square Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 4.9 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.9 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 10.8 mi
Attractions
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.2 mi
  • Goat Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Frog Rock: 12.0 mi
Museums: 58
Artworks: 33
Gardens: 29
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Small House Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Cascade: 6.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Cascades: 11.7 mi
  • Cascades: 11.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 8.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Hedgehog Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNNE 24°396 m3.1 mi
Mount PisgahN 357°379 m7.0 mi
Bald HillE 95°371 m1.8 mi
Stickney HillENE 66°371 m2.8 mi
Snow HillSE 143°362 m1.9 mi
Lead Mine HillESE 112°361 m2.7 mi
Mount HitchcockN 349°356 m7.7 mi
Tupper HillNNW 332°352 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264230

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