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Honey Hill

Honey Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Honey Hill rises to 143 m in Connecticut. Barlow Mountain stands 290 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mather Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
143 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.24232, -73.42679

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Mather Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Quail Ridge Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Honey Hill Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve: 0.5 mi
  • Gregg Preserve: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 4.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 4.5 mi
  • Jean Wells Wallace: 4.5 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.3 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Compo Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Alvord Beach: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Cascade: 1.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.7 mi
  • Annunaki: 7.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Weir House: 1.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 3.8 mi
  • Earthplace: 7.0 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 10.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 10.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Honey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barlow MountainNNW 327°290 m6.9 mi
West MountainNW 310°285 m6.7 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 323°283 m7.5 mi
Bogus MountainN 360°254 m7.4 mi
Sunset HillNNE 27°253 m7.4 mi
Ivy HillNW 321°234 m3.7 mi
Prospect HillNW 309°228 m4.4 mi
Branchville HillNW 308°225 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264474

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