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Jinny Hill

Jinny Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Jinny Hill rises to 95 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Kolstad Woods, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
95 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48232, -72.88121

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bartlem Park: 1.2 mi
  • Gaylord Fields: 1.3 mi
  • The Church Green: 1.5 mi
  • Town Open Space (Schoolhouse Rd.& Algonquin Drive): 1.9 mi
  • McNamara Field: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Spruce Glen Falls: 4.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 8.2 mi
  • Winnett Food Forest: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Washington Trail monument: 7.7 mi
  • 1954: 8.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.2 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 10.3 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 54
Beaches: 52
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 13.3 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.7 mi
  • Pond View: 21.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 21.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 5.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Jinny Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNNE 19°301 m5.9 mi
Southington MountainNNW 337°281 m8.8 mi
East PeakNNE 24°277 m5.7 mi
Higby MountainENE 57°272 m8.7 mi
Mount SanfordWSW 248°263 m3.8 mi
Turkey HillWNW 295°263 m6.7 mi
Prospect HillWNW 285°260 m5.3 mi
Hopkins HillW 273°259 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359264891

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