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King Hill

King Hill, seen from above at true elevation

King Hill rises to 175 m in Connecticut. Mount Riga stands 534 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Field, a park 0.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.88287, -73.48957

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Field: 0.4 mi
  • Mudge Pond Town Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Bucksbaum Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Bauer Park: 6.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 29
Waterfalls: 29
Historic sites: 26
Beaches: 18
Attractions: 17
  • Town Hill Farm: 4.7 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 8.0 mi
  • wings castle: 10.2 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 11.2 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Innisfree Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Judea Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 19.7 mi
  • Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 21.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Diving Lady: 20.5 mi
  • Newsboy Statue: 21.6 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 23.1 mi
  • Naked Lady: 23.4 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of King Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RigaN 8°534 m7.8 mi
Thorpe MountainN 1°518 m7.4 mi
Bird PeakN 3°477 m6.6 mi
Ellsworth HillSSE 161°473 m5.9 mi
Whitcomb HillSE 137°459 m8.7 mi
Cream HillE 82°452 m8.7 mi
Sharon MountainESE 110°445 m4.3 mi
Mount ProspectNE 39°443 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1932109 — King Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359281511

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