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Pinney Hill

Pinney Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pinney Hill rises to 155 m in Connecticut. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Halls Pond Swim Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808418, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
155 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85176, -72.29675

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 0.3 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 2.2 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 3.4 mi
  • River Road Park: 3.5 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 3.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.6 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 3.9 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 4.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 51
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Wolf Rock: 7.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 7.9 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.7 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 11.2 mi
  • Frog Rock: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascades: 2.8 mi
  • Cascades: 2.9 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 15.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 9.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Pinney Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNE 31°371 m9.9 mi
Snow HillNNE 32°362 m8.4 mi
Lead Mine HillNE 37°361 m9.5 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 21°354 m9.2 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 344°332 m10.8 mi
Sky HillNE 38°331 m8.6 mi
Soapstone MountainNW 321°315 m9.5 mi
Paulk HillWNW 294°294 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272607

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