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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

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Coordinates41.15454, -73.27956

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Sturges Ponds Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Perrys Millponds Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Old Fording Place: 0.6 mi
  • Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Palmers Neck Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites: 55
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
Gardens: 51
  • 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
Attractions: 19
  • 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: 16
  • 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
Waterfalls: 14
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 7
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 HillNW211 m10.4 mi
Huckleberry HillNW204 m10.5 mi
Gilbert HillNW186 m10.5 mi
Tashua HillNNE179 m7.5 mi
Hirams HillN167 m9.9 mi
Comstock KnollWNW164 m10.1 mi
Booth HillNNE160 m9.9 mi
Powells HillNNW159 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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