Post Hill
Post Hill rises to 239 m in Connecticut. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mono Pond State Park Reserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 239 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 22.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Mono Pond Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
- Columbia Recreation Park: 1.9 mi
- Holbrook Pond Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
- Burnt Hill Park: 2.5 mi
- Zagray Farm Museum: 5.1 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 6.1 mi
- Johnathan Trumbull Jr. House: 6.6 mi
- Colchester Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Museum: 6.8 mi
- Swifty: 7.1 mi
- Windy: 7.1 mi
- Willy: 7.2 mi
- Manny: 7.2 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 10.3 mi
- Utley Hill: 1.7 mi
- Clarks Hill: 1.8 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.7 mi
- Frankel Hill: 3.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.2 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 2.1 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 2.1 mi
- dog memorial: 5.6 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 6.2 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Mono Pond State Park Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Ridge Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Utley Hill Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Saint Peter's Preserve: 1.6 mi
- RHAM Road Open Space: 1.7 mi
- fern and rock garden: 1.7 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 2.8 mi
- Mary's Garden: 7.2 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 8.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.0 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 6.2 mi
- Insect Hotel: 6.3 mi
- Car Wreck: 8.6 mi
- Wolf Rock: 8.9 mi
- Grayville Falls: 4.3 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 6.5 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 9.1 mi
- Case Falls: 10.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 10.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.2 mi
- Crow Point: 14.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 22.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 23.1 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 23.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 6.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 8.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Post Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NNW 346° | 284 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mannantuck | WNW 290° | 273 m | 7.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | WNW 291° | 272 m | 7.4 mi |
| Box Hill | NNW 327° | 252 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NW 307° | 237 m | 9.5 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | W 281° | 234 m | 8.6 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NW 306° | 233 m | 9.2 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 319° | 231 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267733
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 7 mi
- Willimantic · 7 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Storrs · 11 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
- Norwich · 15 mi
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