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Monument Hill

Monument Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Monument Hill rises to 199 m in Connecticut. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Hill Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73065, -72.40147

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Andover Veterans Monument Park: 1.8 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park: 3.5 mi
  • Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 4.1 mi
  • Columbia Recreation Park: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 54
  • Insect Hotel: 5.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Car Wreck: 6.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 3.4 mi
  • fern and rock garden: 6.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 9.3 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Blackledge Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Monument Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillN 4°294 m10.4 mi
Grant HillN 7°284 m6.0 mi
Reed HillN 360°275 m7.9 mi
MannantuckWSW 248°273 m4.0 mi
John Tom HillWSW 248°272 m4.0 mi
Meshomasic MountainSW 226°265 m10.1 mi
Box HillNNW 331°252 m5.7 mi
Post HillSE 141°239 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209011 — Monument Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359266239

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