Observatory Hill
Observatory Hill rises to 81 m in Connecticut. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Selden Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 81 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 24.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Selden Creek Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Ravine Trail Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Selden Creek Unit: 0.5 mi
- Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Selden Neck State Park: 0.7 mi
- Gillette Castle: 1.9 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 2.7 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 3.8 mi
- North Quarter Park: 2.3 mi
- Devitt Field: 2.4 mi
- Hamburg Fair: 2.9 mi
- Hubbard Field: 3.2 mi
- Municipal Triangle: 3.5 mi
- Chalker Beach: 8.9 mi
- Indiantown Beach: 8.9 mi
- Chapman Beach: 8.9 mi
- Stannard Beach: 9.0 mi
- Middle Beach: 9.0 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 2.9 mi
- The Ancient Town of Lyme: 3.3 mi
- The Eagle: 3.3 mi
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.8 mi
- Mitchell Hill: 0.8 mi
- Shippy Hill: 0.9 mi
- Honey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Millstone Hill: 1.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.1 mi
- Historic Ferry: 2.0 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 2.6 mi
- Stone Table: 5.1 mi
- tri-town marker: 5.3 mi
- Devil's Oven: 5.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.0 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 13.5 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 9.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 11.0 mi
- James Madison: 13.6 mi
- snake: 14.2 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Chapman Falls: 6.2 mi
- Moodus Falls: 7.6 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 2.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 19.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 6.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 15.0 mi
- Powder House: 15.1 mi
- Old Spring: 21.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Observatory Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | NNE 28° | 179 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 347° | 167 m | 4.0 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 297° | 154 m | 6.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 278° | 138 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Archer | E 94° | 136 m | 2.2 mi |
| Dolbia Hill | NE 46° | 134 m | 5.8 mi |
| Grassy Hill | E 93° | 129 m | 6.2 mi |
| Wig Hill | W 269° | 128 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209451 — Observatory Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359266876
Day trips start here
- Essex · 4 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- Old Saybrook · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 10 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Montville · 13 mi
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