Johnson Hill

Johnson Hill rises to 62 m in Connecticut. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Vanderbilt Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 30 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808127, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 62 m
How to reach it
- 29.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Vanderbilt Park: 0.1 mi
- Bugbee School Woods: 1.6 mi
- Mooney's Woods: 1.8 mi
- Westmoor Park: 2.0 mi
- Spice Bush Swamp: 2.2 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 0.4 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 0.5 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 2.1 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.0 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 2.7 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 2.8 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.7 mi
- Sedna: 0.6 mi
- Painted Cow: 1.0 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 1.1 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Pulaski: 2.6 mi
- Elizabeth Park: 0.6 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Norfeldt Park: 1.1 mi
- George H. Day Playground: 1.2 mi
- Connecticut Museum of Culture and History: 1.0 mi
- Mark Twain House Museum: 1.2 mi
- A. Everett Austin House: 1.2 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.2 mi
- Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 1.0 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Noah Webster Statue: 1.1 mi
- Old Grist Mill Site: 1.2 mi
- Connecticut State Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Mark Twain House: 1.2 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 1.6 mi
- Keney Tower: 2.5 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 3.2 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.4 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.1 mi
- Dividend Falls: 9.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 10.1 mi
- Cascades: 10.2 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 10.4 mi
- South Wall: 3.9 mi
- Solar Panel: 3.9 mi
- Superstructure: 3.9 mi
- Garden Wall: 4.0 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 18.0 mi
- Babbs Beach: 18.1 mi
- Boating Side: 18.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Johnson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | NW 308° | 276 m | 4.9 mi |
| Taine Mountain | W 269° | 268 m | 9.9 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | W 264° | 262 m | 11.1 mi |
| East Hill | WNW 303° | 261 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WNW 297° | 257 m | 11.1 mi |
| Onion Mountain | NW 309° | 253 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 292° | 246 m | 4.4 mi |
| Sweetheart Mountain | WNW 284° | 246 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359288286
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Tolland · 20 mi
- Longmeadow · 21 mi
- Somers · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 24 mi
- Storrs · 25 mi
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