Old South Hill
Old South Hill rises to 143 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tynan Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 143 m
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Tynan Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Smith Park: 0.7 mi
- Frank S. Marszalek Park: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Butternut Hollow Park: 2.2 mi
- Paddy Hill: 0.6 mi
- North Peak: 0.9 mi
- Coe Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fall Hill: 1.2 mi
- Higby Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Highlawn Forest: 0.9 mi
- Highland Pond Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Field Park: 1.6 mi
- Higby Mountain Easement: 2.0 mi
- Wadsworth Falls State Park: 2.2 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 2.0 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 2.4 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 3.0 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.3 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 2.0 mi
- Cpl. Kemaphoom Chanawongse: 2.0 mi
- GySgt. Phillip Jordan: 2.0 mi
- TSgt. John Chapman: 2.0 mi
- SSG Richard Eaton Jr.: 2.0 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 3.3 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.4 mi
- Bible Rock: 7.4 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 7.4 mi
- George Washington rock: 7.6 mi
- First Tear: 2.0 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 3.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.9 mi
- Home: 8.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 9.3 mi
- Westfield Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 2.3 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 5.9 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 3.2 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 12.7 mi
- Boating Side: 17.9 mi
- Waterfront: 17.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.6 mi
- Crow Point: 11.3 mi
- Green Wall: 11.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 11.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 1.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Old South Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | W 272° | 301 m | 6.9 mi |
| East Peak | W 269° | 277 m | 6.6 mi |
| Higby Mountain | WSW 253° | 272 m | 1.7 mi |
| Trimountain | SSW 191° | 232 m | 7.0 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | SSW 191° | 230 m | 8.2 mi |
| Great Hill | E 79° | 222 m | 8.1 mi |
| South Mountain | W 268° | 220 m | 5.9 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | SSW 211° | 219 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1924028 — Old South Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359277688
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Old Saybrook · 25 mi
- East Windsor · 26 mi
- Old Lyme · 27 mi
- Tolland · 28 mi
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