Platt Hill
Platt Hill rises to 443 m in Connecticut. Stone Man Mountain stands 528 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 443 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 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
- Laurel Park: 0.0 mi
- Winchester Center Playground: 0.8 mi
- Club Island Park: 1.1 mi
- Resha Beach: 2.3 mi
- Highland Lake Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 2.8 mi
- American Mural Project: 3.5 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 6.5 mi
- Hollow Road Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Platt Hill State Park: 0.7 mi
- Old Crossroad Trail: 0.8 mi
- Church Field: 0.8 mi
- Reaching Hill Road Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Hermit memorial: 3.8 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 4.9 mi
- Jones Memorial: 7.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 9.9 mi
- Burr Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mount Ouleout: 2.7 mi
- Rebekahs Hill: 2.8 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Riggs Hill: 3.3 mi
- 4 towns meet: 3.3 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 6.4 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 6.4 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 8.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.8 mi
- Burr Falls: 2.4 mi
- Tunxis Falls: 6.0 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Beulah Falls: 7.1 mi
- Pothole Falls: 8.0 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.0 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 18.4 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 19.5 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 16.0 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 19.5 mi
- Cow: 21.5 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 21.5 mi
- Painted Cow: 21.6 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 2.6 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 8.5 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 8.6 mi
- The Beech: 12.1 mi
- Space Invaders: 12.2 mi
- Holland Beach: 2.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 15.6 mi
- Boating Side: 18.7 mi
- Waterfront: 18.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 2.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 3.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 6.2 mi
- Big Spring: 7.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 13.6 mi
- Questing: 17.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Platt Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Man Mountain | WNW 296° | 528 m | 9.5 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NW 305° | 521 m | 8.8 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NNW 328° | 510 m | 8.8 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | NW 324° | 506 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | WSW 252° | 504 m | 5.8 mi |
| The Matterhorn | WNW 295° | 498 m | 7.9 mi |
| Dennis Hill | NW 310° | 496 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | W 259° | 495 m | 8.4 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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209841 — Platt Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267589
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Monterey · 20 mi
- Otis · 20 mi
- Blandford · 22 mi
- Great Barrington · 24 mi
- Chester · 27 mi
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