Horse Hill
Horse Hill rises to 214 m in Connecticut. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mine Valley Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 207958).
Wikidata Q31808064, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 214 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Mine Valley Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Rankin Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Josias Byles Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Fliegel Farm Woods: 2.5 mi
- Pompey Hollow Park: 2.6 mi
- Spooner Hill: 0.9 mi
- Buell Hill: 1.3 mi
- Summer Hill: 1.3 mi
- Grass Hill: 1.4 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.0 mi
- Ashford Town Green: 2.5 mi
- Ashford Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 4.7 mi
- Morey Pond Boat Launch: 5.0 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 4.7 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.3 mi
- Old root cellar: 7.5 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 6.2 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 7.9 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 8.1 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 8.3 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 8.4 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 1.4 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.6 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 7.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 10.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 13.9 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 8.3 mi
- U’s and C’s: 8.3 mi
- Copper Tower: 8.3 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 8.3 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 8.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 8.3 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.4 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.4 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 11.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 6.7 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 8.6 mi
- Cargill Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 15.3 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 17.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 8.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 10.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.6 mi
- Streeter Beach: 14.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 17.2 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 22.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 7.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.6 mi
- Picnic: 8.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Horse Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | NNW 334° | 371 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stickney Hill | NNW 345° | 371 m | 6.5 mi |
| Snow Hill | NW 319° | 362 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | NNW 336° | 361 m | 4.5 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NW 320° | 354 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sky Hill | NW 326° | 331 m | 4.1 mi |
| Coye Hill | NNE 13° | 331 m | 5.8 mi |
| Walker Mountain | N 8° | 325 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207958 — Horse Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359264542
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