Post Hill
Post Hill rises to 101 m in Connecticut. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Nature Trail Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 101 m
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 29.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nature Trail Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Howard Easement: 0.8 mi
- Falls River Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Incarnation Center: 1.0 mi
- Congregational Nature Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Plattwood Park: 0.9 mi
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Comstock Park: 2.3 mi
- Park Triangle: 2.3 mi
- Devitt Field: 2.8 mi
- Bushy Hill: 1.1 mi
- Kelsey Hill: 1.9 mi
- Tower Hill: 2.0 mi
- Orchard Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mares Hill: 2.8 mi
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 1.9 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 3.1 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 4.0 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Gillette Castle: 4.9 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 4.0 mi
- Killingworth's World War Heroes: 4.4 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 4.7 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 5.6 mi
- Westbrook: 5.6 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 6.0 mi
- Middle Beach: 6.2 mi
- West Beach: 6.3 mi
- Stannard Beach: 6.4 mi
- Grove Beach: 6.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cascade: 5.7 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 6.7 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 6.8 mi
- Stone Table: 1.4 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 3.6 mi
- Historic Ferry: 4.6 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 7.7 mi
- tri-town marker: 10.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.0 mi
- James Madison: 8.5 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.6 mi
- snake: 10.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 14.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 2.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 6.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 11.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.7 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
- Skate Hut: 18.8 mi
- Powder House: 18.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 8.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Post Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NW 322° | 201 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 26° | 167 m | 7.6 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 347° | 154 m | 5.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 343° | 140 m | 5.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 345° | 138 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Archer | ENE 66° | 136 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 307° | 135 m | 8.6 mi |
| Wig Hill | N 356° | 128 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209954 — Post Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267731
Day trips start here
- Essex · 5 mi
- Old Saybrook · 7 mi
- Old Lyme · 10 mi
- East Lyme · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 16 mi
- Waterford · 17 mi
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