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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

Waterfalls
  • Knife Shop Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
Peaks
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
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: 48
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: 38
  • 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 ProspectWNW 291°400 m8.8 mi
Mount TomW 270°393 m8.7 mi
Jefferson HillNW 323°378 m4.6 mi
Cotton HillNNE 21°360 m8.8 mi
Chestnut HillNW 310°359 m4.5 mi
Johnnycake MountainNE 53°354 m7.1 mi
Guernsey HillNW 309°346 m2.0 mi
Todd HillWSW 249°344 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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