Israel Hill
Israel Hill rises to 192 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Osborn Lane, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 192 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Osborn Lane: 0.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Fairlane Drive, Rear): 0.5 mi
- Walnut Street Tract: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Road Tract: 0.9 mi
- Willis Woods: 1.0 mi
- Monroe Green: 1.4 mi
- East Village Park: 1.4 mi
- Monroe Center Historic District: 1.4 mi
- Nike Recreation Center: 1.6 mi
- Webb Mountain Park: 2.5 mi
- Zoar Beach: 3.6 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 5.7 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.5 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 10.5 mi
- Silver Beach: 10.6 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 4.1 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 4.2 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Americana Museum: 7.4 mi
- Barn Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lower White Hills: 1.3 mi
- Moose Hill: 1.4 mi
- Walnut Tree Hill: 1.6 mi
- Upper White Hills: 1.8 mi
- The Castle: 3.3 mi
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 5.4 mi
- The Vine Sign: 5.4 mi
- Witek Memorial: 5.6 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Eklund Garden: 3.5 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 7.4 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 2.9 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.1 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 8.5 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.7 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.6 mi
- Millstone: 8.9 mi
- 3-town marker: 10.4 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 10.5 mi
- Mother Mary: 4.7 mi
- Heron: 5.8 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 7.4 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 8.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.1 mi
- Bethel Rock: 14.7 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.7 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 21.1 mi
- Pond View: 3.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 3.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 11.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 12.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 20.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Israel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | WNW 286° | 303 m | 8.5 mi |
| Eden Hill | W 272° | 240 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NW 308° | 230 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | NNE 17° | 223 m | 7.1 mi |
| Redding Ridge | W 265° | 214 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sugar Hill | NW 304° | 213 m | 9.1 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NNW 340° | 206 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 3° | 205 m | 7.7 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359286174
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- Stamford · 25 mi
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