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Hickory Hill

Hickory Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hickory Hill rises to 265 m in Connecticut. Mount Prospect stands 400 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Knife Shop Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
265 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69288, -73.10455

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nystrom Park: 1.1 mi
  • Reeves Field: 2.0 mi
  • Rotary Park: 2.1 mi
  • Village Green: 2.1 mi
  • Kenea Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Alain C. White and May W. White: 4.0 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 5.1 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 5.5 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 46
Waterfalls: 42
  • Knife Shop Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Ben Franklin: 10.0 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 10.0 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 10.2 mi
  • Maori Head: 10.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 4.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 3.5 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 5.6 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 5.8 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 5.8 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 15
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 12.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Hickory Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ProspectWNW400 m8.8 mi
Mount TomW393 m8.7 mi
Jefferson HillNW378 m4.6 mi
Cotton HillNNE360 m8.8 mi
Chestnut HillNW359 m4.5 mi
Johnnycake MountainNE354 m7.1 mi
Guernsey HillNW346 m2.0 mi
Todd HillWSW344 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1932045 — Hickory Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359281401

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