Orchard Hill
Orchard Hill rises to 94 m in Connecticut. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Whittlesey Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Wikidata Q31808355, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 94 m
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 27.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whittlesey Brook Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Walter E. Mislick Memorial Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Triangle (Deep River Road): 1.0 mi
- Essex Land Trust: 1.1 mi
- Johnson Farm Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 0.7 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 1.8 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 2.8 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 3.0 mi
- Kelsey Hill: 0.8 mi
- Book Hill: 1.3 mi
- Rattling Valley Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mares Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fountain Hill: 1.7 mi
- Park Triangle: 0.9 mi
- Devitt Field: 1.3 mi
- Plattwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Comstock Park: 1.5 mi
- Hubbard Field: 2.1 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 2.6 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 4.8 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 5.2 mi
- Westbrook: 5.2 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 5.2 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 5.7 mi
- Middle Beach: 5.7 mi
- Stannard Beach: 5.7 mi
- Chapman Beach: 5.8 mi
- Chalker Beach: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cascade: 7.6 mi
- Stone Table: 1.6 mi
- Historic Ferry: 4.0 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 5.9 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 6.0 mi
- tri-town marker: 8.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- Gingers Garden: 10.0 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 6.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 8.3 mi
- James Madison: 10.3 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 12.1 mi
- snake: 12.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 2.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 4.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.9 mi
- Chimney Corner: 16.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 16.5 mi
- Powder House: 16.5 mi
- Old Spring: 23.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 8.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Orchard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | NNE 30° | 179 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | N 8° | 167 m | 7.1 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 328° | 154 m | 6.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 323° | 140 m | 6.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 320° | 138 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Archer | NE 54° | 136 m | 5.0 mi |
| Wig Hill | NW 320° | 128 m | 4.0 mi |
| Tower Hill | W 266° | 126 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1924030 — Orchard Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359277691
Day trips start here
- Essex · 2 mi
- Old Saybrook · 5 mi
- Old Lyme · 8 mi
- East Lyme · 11 mi
- Waterford · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
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