Penfield Hill
Penfield Hill rises to 157 m in Connecticut. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north-northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Shepherd's Nine, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808392, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 157 m
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shepherd's Nine: 0.5 mi
- Wildwood Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Bowers Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Stuart Brook Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Culver Lane Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Portland Recreational Complex: 1.8 mi
- Cobolt Landing: 1.9 mi
- Bransfield Park: 1.9 mi
- Oakwood Soccer Park: 2.2 mi
- Middle Haddam Historic District: 2.3 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 3.7 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Face in Tree: 2.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 4.2 mi
- First Tear: 5.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.6 mi
- Frog: 10.8 mi
- Larson Hill: 0.5 mi
- Great Hill: 1.0 mi
- Collins Hill: 1.0 mi
- Gulf Hill: 1.6 mi
- Straits Hill: 1.7 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 3.5 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 3.7 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 4.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 1.9 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 3.9 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 4.2 mi
- grindstone: 4.3 mi
- George Washington rock: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 3.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.5 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.5 mi
- Glen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 1.5 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 2.3 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 9.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 14.3 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 19.8 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 21.9 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 21.9 mi
- Crow Point: 8.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.7 mi
- Green Wall: 15.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 8.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Penfield Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | NNE 26° | 265 m | 3.7 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 70° | 241 m | 2.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NE 37° | 228 m | 2.4 mi |
| Great Hill | E 98° | 222 m | 1.0 mi |
| Baker Hill | E 85° | 204 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | SSW 193° | 199 m | 4.2 mi |
| Carter Hill | ENE 61° | 192 m | 6.4 mi |
| Fuller Hill | NE 50° | 191 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267391
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 12 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Willimantic · 21 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- East Windsor · 23 mi
- Montville · 23 mi
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