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Ore Hill

Ore Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Ore Hill rises to 302 m in Connecticut. Above All stands 450 m to the east-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
302 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69287, -73.43846

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Kent Commons Park: 2.8 mi
  • Kent Green: 3.1 mi
  • Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Fireman's Field: 4.2 mi
  • Emanuel Williamson Park: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Charcoal Hearth: 4.2 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 4.4 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 5.2 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 7.0 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 31
Attractions: 22
  • Peter's Forge: 7.6 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 8.1 mi
  • Indian village: 8.2 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 8.4 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Judea Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.9 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 15.1 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 12
Artworks: 8
  • Jean Widmark: 12.2 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 19.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 19.3 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 22.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hermit spring: 23.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Ore Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Above AllENE 62°450 m5.0 mi
Preston HillWNW 286°442 m4.3 mi
North Preston HillWNW 297°441 m4.3 mi
Bromica MountainNNE 21°428 m3.9 mi
Chapel Pond HillWNW 296°426 m3.7 mi
Mauwee PeakNNE 12°426 m3.8 mi
Huckleberry HillNE 43°426 m4.3 mi
Flanders MountainN 11°422 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209527 — Ore Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359267083

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