Peak · Connecticut
Merritt Hill
Merritt Hill rises to 71 m in Connecticut. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Anguilla Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808236, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 71 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.40232, -71.88396
- 2.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 15.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.6 mi off the Ministerial Road
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Anguilla Brook Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Anguilla Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Perry Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Stony Brook Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 1.3 mi
- Peter and Virgina Coope Tract: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Jeremy Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bumpin Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pitcher Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Borough Hall: 4.8 mi
- Cellar Hole: 4.9 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 5.0 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 5.0 mi
Parks
- Pawcatuck Little League: 1.3 mi
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 2.7 mi
- Spellman Park: 3.0 mi
- "Bushel" Sposato Park: 3.0 mi
Museums: 55
- Westerly Armory: 3.3 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 4.0 mi
- Denison Homestead: 4.3 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 4.3 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 45
- Austrailia Beach: 5.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 5.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 5.6 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 6.6 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 24
- Stone Turtle: 3.2 mi
- Penguin: 4.0 mi
- Giant Gnome: 4.3 mi
- Mjolnir: 4.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 23
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.3 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 4.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.9 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 6.6 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 15
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Yantic Falls: 14.0 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 15.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 20.7 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 6.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 6.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.9 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Picnic Pavilion: 11.5 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 11.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.6 mi
- Powder House: 12.7 mi
- Big Beach: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Clay Head: 21.3 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 23.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 24.3 mi
- Crow Head: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 5.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Merritt Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 337° | 163 m | 7.1 mi |
| Chapman Hill | N 11° | 158 m | 6.4 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 345° | 155 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 16° | 153 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bay Mountain | N 351° | 152 m | 9.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 1° | 149 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 326° | 144 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 332° | 139 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 208841 — Merritt Hill, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359265998
Day trips start here
- North Stonington · 3 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Westerly · 3 mi
- Ashaway · 5 mi
- Mystic · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 6 mi
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