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Mill Hill

Mill Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Mill Hill, a peak in ConnecticutNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Mill Hill, a peak in Connecticut
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Mill Hill rises to 51 m in Connecticut. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sturges Ponds Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
51 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.15454, -73.27956

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Sturges Ponds Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Perrys Millponds Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Old Fording Place: 0.6 mi
  • Old Fording Place: 0.7 mi
  • Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve: 0.7 mi
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.5 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 55
  • Heron: 7.9 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.5 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 10.4 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.3 mi
  • Cascade: 10.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.6 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.3 mi
  • Pond View: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mill Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNW 318°211 m10.4 mi
Gilbert HillNW 316°186 m10.5 mi
Tashua HillNNE 12°179 m7.5 mi
Round HillN 359°170 m6.7 mi
Hirams HillN 5°167 m9.9 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 291°164 m10.1 mi
Booth HillNNE 30°160 m9.9 mi
Powells HillNNW 334°159 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359266088

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