Mares Hill
Mares Hill rises to 79 m in Connecticut. Bald Hill stands 167 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808217, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 79 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson Farm Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Essex Land Trust: 0.6 mi
- Fern Ledge: 0.6 mi
- Pond Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Comstock Pond/Stream: 0.9 mi
- Comstock Park: 0.6 mi
- Park Triangle: 0.7 mi
- Viney Hill Brook Park: 1.9 mi
- Plattwood Park: 2.3 mi
- Essex Tennis Courts: 2.5 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 1.2 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 1.9 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 2.9 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 3.7 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 1.2 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 3.6 mi
- Westbrook: 3.7 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 3.7 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 5.6 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bushy Hill: 1.9 mi
- Viney Hill: 1.9 mi
- Toby Hill: 1.9 mi
- Ingham Hill: 2.2 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 4.1 mi
- Middle Beach: 4.1 mi
- Stannard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Chapman Beach: 4.3 mi
- Chalker Beach: 4.4 mi
- Cascade: 7.1 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 8.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
- Stone Table: 1.5 mi
- Historic Ferry: 5.6 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 6.2 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 7.2 mi
- tri-town marker: 9.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.2 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 9.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 5.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 8.1 mi
- James Madison: 9.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 12.9 mi
- snake: 13.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 5.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 14.3 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.4 mi
- Powder House: 16.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 16.6 mi
- Old Spring: 24.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 7.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Mares Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | N 7° | 167 m | 8.6 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 335° | 154 m | 8.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 331° | 140 m | 7.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 329° | 138 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 42° | 136 m | 6.1 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNW 332° | 128 m | 5.2 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 287° | 126 m | 4.4 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | NE 54° | 123 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 208715 — Mares Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359265779
Day trips start here
- Essex · 3 mi
- Old Saybrook · 4 mi
- Old Lyme · 7 mi
- East Lyme · 11 mi
- Waterford · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
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