Peak · Connecticut
Mine Hill
Mine Hill rises to 267 m in Connecticut. Bear Hill stands 390 m to the north-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.57898, -73.35067
- 24.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Carter Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Raven Rock Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Battle Swamp Brook Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Reservoir Park: 1.4 mi
- Emily Griffith Beardsley Preserve: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Raven Rock: 1.0 mi
- Sentry Hill: 1.1 mi
- Second Hill: 2.0 mi
- Moosehorn Hill: 2.3 mi
- Town Hill: 2.4 mi
Parks
- Hodge Park: 1.6 mi
- Hurlburt Park: 2.8 mi
- New Milford Center Historic District: 3.0 mi
- Clatter Valley Park: 3.1 mi
- Ray Ramsey Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.0 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Jim Hulton: 6.5 mi
- Mill Ruins: 6.7 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 7.3 mi
Museums: 43
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 2.5 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 4.1 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 4.4 mi
- Northrop House: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 31
- New Preston Falls: 6.7 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 24
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 1.5 mi
- Indian village: 2.6 mi
- New Milford Tank: 3.1 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 8.5 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 21
- Judea Garden: 7.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 7.8 mi
- Personal Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 14.5 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 16
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 7.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 7.9 mi
- North Beach: 8.7 mi
- South Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Lovers Leap: 3.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 5.2 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 11
- Jean Widmark: 4.3 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.9 mi
- greek letter pi: 12.6 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 14.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Picnic Grove: 16.4 mi
- Pond View: 19.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 19.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 19.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Dudley Town: 15.8 mi
- Dicktown: 23.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 10.6 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Mine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Hill | NNW 335° | 390 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Bushnell | N 356° | 363 m | 7.2 mi |
| Painter Hill | ENE 66° | 324 m | 3.4 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | N 7° | 324 m | 3.7 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | WSW 251° | 323 m | 5.7 mi |
| Iron Hill | NNW 330° | 323 m | 5.8 mi |
| Plumb Hill | NE 43° | 322 m | 4.4 mi |
| Carmel Hill | NE 52° | 322 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359266134
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