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Painter Hill

Painter Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Painter Hill rises to 324 m in Connecticut. Mount Tom stands 393 m to the north, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808375, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
324 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.59898, -73.28956

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Miller Family Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 2.4 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 3.0 mi
  • Soldiers’ Monument: 6.0 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 6.3 mi
Parks
Waterfalls: 54
Attractions: 33
Gardens: 20
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 15
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 2.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 13.0 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 13.0 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 13.1 mi
  • Maori Head: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Pond View: 19.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hermit spring: 22.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 24.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Painter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomN 7°393 m6.6 mi
Bear HillNW 306°390 m7.0 mi
Mount BushnellNNW 328°363 m6.8 mi
Mount RatN 353°352 m6.2 mi
Todd HillNE 36°344 m4.9 mi
Tower HillNW 326°340 m7.2 mi
Little Mount TomNNE 14°331 m6.2 mi
Lower Church HillNW 310°324 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:32
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267222

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