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Philo Hill

Philo Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Philo Hill rises to 55 m in Connecticut. Winchell Mountain stands 403 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Of Suffield (Hill Street & Russell Av.), a park 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808398, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
55 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.00537, -72.66870

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 0.7 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 1.5 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Gardens: 59
  • Azalea Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Side Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Back Garden: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Freedom Eagle: 5.5 mi
  • The Three Graces: 6.7 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 7.8 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 7.8 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 47
  • New England Sky Screamer: 3.7 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 4.1 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 4.1 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 4.1 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Carpenter's Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Beach Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Enders Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Enders Falls: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 14.2 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 16.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 16.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 16.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.1 mi
  • Rd: 13.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Philo Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Winchell MountainWNW 287°403 m12.5 mi
South MountainWNW 285°357 m10.8 mi
Drake MountainNW 308°350 m11.0 mi
Bad Luck MountainWNW 297°347 m11.4 mi
East Sweetman MountainWNW 303°339 m12.2 mi
Sodom MountainWNW 294°326 m9.4 mi
Pine ConeWSW 250°323 m11.1 mi
Russell MountainNW 320°321 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267435

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