Merwins Hill
Merwins Hill rises to 62 m in Connecticut. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808239, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 62 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenfield Hill Village Green: 0.8 mi
- Greenfield Hill Historic District: 0.8 mi
- Timothy Dwight Park: 0.9 mi
- Wakeman Park: 1.5 mi
- Fairfield County Hunt Club: 1.6 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 3.1 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 3.7 mi
- Mid Fairfield Youth Museum: 4.1 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 4.8 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 6.0 mi
- Southport Beach: 3.3 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 3.5 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 3.6 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach: 3.8 mi
- Burying Hill Beach: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.0 mi
- Catamount Hill: 1.3 mi
- Charcoal Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pavement Hill: 1.9 mi
- Windmill Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Putnam Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Silent Grove: 1.6 mi
- Lobdell Calf Pond Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Ernest Hillman Jr. Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Great Swamp Fight - 1637: 2.5 mi
- Powder House - 1814: 3.2 mi
- Fairfield Honor Roll: 3.6 mi
- Capped Water Well: 3.7 mi
- Haskins House: 3.7 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.1 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.3 mi
- Heron: 8.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 9.5 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 11.1 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 3.6 mi
- Earthplace: 4.2 mi
- 3-town marker: 7.8 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.0 mi
- Weir House: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.5 mi
- Pond View: 10.6 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sheep Falls: 9.0 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 9.8 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 10.9 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 12.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 14.4 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 14.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 15.0 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 18.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 6.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 7.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 10.7 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 15.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 7.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 11.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Merwins Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodsell Hill | NW 319° | 211 m | 8.6 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NW 324° | 204 m | 8.7 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | NW 317° | 186 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNE 26° | 179 m | 6.8 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNE 15° | 167 m | 9.0 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | WNW 286° | 164 m | 8.4 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNW 343° | 159 m | 4.6 mi |
| Sport Hill | NNE 23° | 154 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359266005
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