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Lower White Hills

Lower White Hills, seen from above at true elevation

Lower White Hills rises to 144 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pearmain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
144 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.32454, -73.15678

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 6.6 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 9.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Zoar Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Fort Trumbull Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Silver Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Indian Well Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Cascade: 2.8 mi
  • Cascades: 3.7 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 4.4 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.8 mi
  • Millstone: 9.2 mi
  • Millstone: 9.3 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Mother Mary: 4.4 mi
  • Heron: 5.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 6.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 4.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 4.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Lower White Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWNW 286°303 m9.8 mi
Eden HillW 274°240 m8.2 mi
Moose HillNNE 20°231 m5.7 mi
Fivemile HillN 7°223 m7.1 mi
Osborn HillNNW 330°206 m5.9 mi
Mount PisgahN 354°205 m8.0 mi
Meekers HillW 264°203 m9.7 mi
Great HillNE 38°202 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 208629 — Lower White Hills, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359265674

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