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Marsh Hill

Marsh Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Marsh Hill rises to 72 m in Connecticut. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is PEZ Visitor Center, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
72 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26815, -72.99205

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nike Site Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cynthia Circle Park: 0.8 mi
  • Old Tavern Road Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Walter Brennan Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Painter Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 3.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 3.8 mi
Museums
Gardens: 48
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 1.0 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 3.3 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Cascades: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 19
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.3 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.3 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.6 mi
  • Pond View: 13.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 3.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 3.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Marsh Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNE 15°216 m10.3 mi
Great HillNW 316°202 m9.2 mi
Barn HillWNW 298°200 m11.3 mi
Meeting House HillN 359°193 m10.9 mi
Israel HillWNW 293°192 m10.6 mi
Rockhouse HillNW 317°192 m11.1 mi
Round HillN 356°190 m8.2 mi
Upper White HillsWNW 303°188 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359265809

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