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Osborn Hill

Osborn Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Osborn Hill rises to 206 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Osbourne Hill Road), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808359, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
206 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.39843, -73.21428

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 13.7 mi
  • South Beach: 13.9 mi
  • North Beach: 14.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Aggie Park: 2.9 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Webb Mountain Park: 3.6 mi
Museums
Gardens: 55
  • SIS Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Bethany Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Attractions: 22
  • Millstone: 4.8 mi
  • Millstone: 4.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 9.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.5 mi
  • Heron: 10.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pond View: 5.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Osborn Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 249°303 m6.9 mi
Woodruff HillNE 37°273 m7.8 mi
Taunton HillW 269°251 m7.1 mi
Hunters MountainNE 55°246 m8.3 mi
Walnut HillNNE 20°242 m6.0 mi
Eden HillSW 229°240 m6.9 mi
Horse HillNNW 336°236 m7.9 mi
Moose HillE 87°231 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267099

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