Skip to content

Pleasure Hill

Pleasure Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pleasure Hill rises to 143 m in Connecticut. Gates Hill stands 204 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ayers Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.6 miles off.

The story

Mountain in the United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808424, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
143 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62232, -72.14591

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Giddings Park: 1.1 mi
  • Town of Sprague War Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • River Park: 3.2 mi
  • Aspinall Recreation Complex: 3.3 mi
  • The Pines Ice Skating Pond: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 37
Attractions: 33
Beaches: 29
Waterfalls: 28
  • Ayer's Gap Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Grayville Falls: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 28
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Old Spring: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Pleasure Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gates HillNW204 m5.5 mi
Parish HillNNE200 m8.7 mi
Clarks HillWNW196 m8.7 mi
Westminster HillNE187 m8.8 mi
Obwebetuck HillNNW185 m4.3 mi
Sweet HillNW183 m5.5 mi
Goshen HillWSW174 m5.1 mi
Cooks HillNW174 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1315:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747365544435
Precip in3.93.85.14.73.64.33.64.44.84.94.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267602

More peaks in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Pleasure Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens