Horse Hill
Horse Hill rises to 131 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ichabod Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808061, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 131 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ichabod Hill: 0.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.5 mi
- Georges Hill: 1.8 mi
- Flat Hill: 2.4 mi
- Durkee Hill: 2.4 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 1.2 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 4.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 9.5 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Platt Park: 1.5 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Shepaug Dam (Owned): 1.7 mi
- Lake Zoar Wildlife Area: 1.8 mi
- Fox Hollow Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Platt Park: 1.8 mi
- Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
- Union Square: 1.9 mi
- Traditions Park: 2.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Candle wall: 2.5 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 2.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 3.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 4.0 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 4.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.2 mi
- Zoar Beach: 6.2 mi
- South Beach: 11.1 mi
- North Beach: 11.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 6.3 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 11.3 mi
- Poet's Circle: 11.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 11.3 mi
- Biblical Garden: 11.4 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- Southford Falls: 4.4 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 8.7 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 9.5 mi
- Millstone: 4.4 mi
- Millstone: 4.4 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 8.7 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.4 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.4 mi
- Jean Widmark: 8.1 mi
- Lesser Evil: 9.3 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 10.2 mi
- greek letter pi: 10.9 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 10.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 6.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 8.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 13.7 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Pond View: 9.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 9.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 9.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 20.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 22.1 mi
- Fog Signal House: 22.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Horse Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | SW 216° | 303 m | 7.7 mi |
| Good Hill | N 355° | 292 m | 7.1 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 46° | 292 m | 8.1 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | NE 34° | 282 m | 7.4 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | ENE 69° | 273 m | 7.0 mi |
| Botsford Hill | NW 318° | 267 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hoop Pole Hill | N 1° | 264 m | 7.7 mi |
| Grassy Hill | N 360° | 256 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359264549
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 26 mi
- Stamford · 29 mi
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