Joshua Hill
Joshua Hill rises to 197 m in Connecticut. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808131, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 197 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor: 0.1 mi
- Cox: 0.8 mi
- Whittemore Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Trolley Bed Preserve - West Gate: 1.0 mi
- Orenaug Park: 1.0 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 1.0 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 1.2 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 3.4 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 5.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 5.6 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 6.1 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 7.2 mi
- Sherman Hill: 0.6 mi
- Caleb Hill: 0.9 mi
- Blackmans Hill: 1.0 mi
- Orenaug Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Orenaug Hills: 1.1 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 1.2 mi
- Hollow Park: 1.3 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 1.6 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 2.1 mi
- Meadowview Park: 2.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 1.3 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 5.9 mi
- Poet's Circle: 5.9 mi
- Biblical Garden: 5.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 8.5 mi
- Waterfront: 10.1 mi
- Boating Side: 10.2 mi
- Zoar Beach: 10.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 10.8 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 2.7 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 5.3 mi
- Southford Falls: 5.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
- Millstone: 5.3 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 7.4 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 7.5 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 8.0 mi
- Rock House: 8.9 mi
- Jean Widmark: 5.0 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.4 mi
- Maori Head: 7.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 1.0 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.1 mi
- Pond View: 15.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 15.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Joshua Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Hill | NW 310° | 324 m | 7.1 mi |
| Magnolia Hill | N 357° | 294 m | 7.2 mi |
| Great Hill | E 90° | 292 m | 2.5 mi |
| Good Hill | WNW 291° | 292 m | 4.2 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | NE 56° | 282 m | 1.0 mi |
| Greenleaf Hill | WNW 296° | 282 m | 6.8 mi |
| Andrews Hill | SE 125° | 275 m | 6.0 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | SE 134° | 273 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 208206 — Joshua Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359264967
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