Parker Hill
Parker Hill rises to 432 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Riggs Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 432 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 26.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillside Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Winchester Center Playground: 3.3 mi
- Maasser Park: 3.8 mi
- Laurel Park: 4.0 mi
- Bigelow Park: 4.2 mi
- Fong Family Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Richard Croft Mem. Preserve (Ct Audubon Society): 1.7 mi
- Silas Hall Pond Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Dennis Hill State Park: 1.8 mi
- Ehrich Woods: 2.2 mi
- Riggs Hill: 0.7 mi
- Tibbals Hill: 1.2 mi
- Grant Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rebekahs Hill: 1.6 mi
- Dennis Hill: 1.7 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 5.5 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- American Mural Project: 6.4 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.7 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 6.1 mi
- Hermit memorial: 7.7 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.9 mi
- Dough Boy: 10.1 mi
- 4 towns meet: 7.2 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 8.1 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 9.1 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 9.5 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 9.5 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.7 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 6.2 mi
- Burr Falls: 6.3 mi
- Beulah Falls: 6.9 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 10.9 mi
- The Beech: 11.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 11.5 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 11.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.7 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.5 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 22.3 mi
- Holland Beach: 4.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 16.8 mi
- County Beach: 18.9 mi
- Boating Side: 21.6 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 19.8 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 20.1 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 22.0 mi
- Naked Lady: 22.1 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 23.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 7.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 9.3 mi
- Big Spring: 9.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.1 mi
- Questing: 13.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | NW 307° | 584 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 345° | 539 m | 7.1 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | WNW 291° | 528 m | 5.6 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NW 307° | 521 m | 4.9 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | N 353° | 519 m | 7.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NNW 346° | 510 m | 5.5 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | N 349° | 506 m | 3.4 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | SSW 209° | 504 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209625 — Parker Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267266
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 17 mi
- Monterey · 17 mi
- Otis · 19 mi
- Great Barrington · 21 mi
- Blandford · 22 mi
- Chester · 26 mi
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