Powells Hill
Powells Hill rises to 159 m in Connecticut. Sunset Hill stands 253 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Aspetuck Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 159 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Aspetuck Park: 0.6 mi
- Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Randall's Farm Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Hoydens Hill Open Space: 2.9 mi
- Denise A. D. Dougiello Park: 3.1 mi
- Devils Glen Park: 0.9 mi
- Elisabeth Luce Moore Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve: 1.4 mi
- Walter Wagner Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Girl Scout Camp: 1.6 mi
- Flat Rock Hill: 1.0 mi
- Popp Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Davis Hill: 1.1 mi
- Flirt Hill: 1.3 mi
- Staples Hill: 1.8 mi
- Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 1.1 mi
- Jean Wells Wallace: 1.1 mi
- Tree Stump Monument: 4.3 mi
- Olmstead Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Leornard Bradley Plaque: 6.3 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 4.7 mi
- Southport Beach: 7.9 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 8.2 mi
- Jennings Beach: 8.2 mi
- Burying Hill Beach: 8.3 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 5.4 mi
- Wilton Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Mid Fairfield Youth Museum: 6.6 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 6.6 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.2 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
- Fairy Garden: 7.5 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 0.9 mi
- Cascade: 1.1 mi
- Cascade: 3.9 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.3 mi
- Cascade: 6.0 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 4.9 mi
- Heron: 7.7 mi
- Mother Mary: 8.9 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 10.2 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 11.5 mi
- 3-town marker: 3.3 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.5 mi
- Earthplace: 6.6 mi
- Weir House: 6.6 mi
- Burr Homestead: 7.8 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.4 mi
- Pond View: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 9.4 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 13.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 13.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 9.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 10.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Powells Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NNW 348° | 253 m | 7.2 mi |
| Eden Hill | N 8° | 240 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ivy Hill | WNW 295° | 234 m | 7.9 mi |
| Branchville Hill | WNW 286° | 225 m | 7.2 mi |
| Biddle Hill | WNW 288° | 223 m | 7.7 mi |
| Windy Hill | NW 307° | 220 m | 6.0 mi |
| Redding Ridge | N 349° | 214 m | 5.7 mi |
| Goodsell Hill | WNW 296° | 211 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267753
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 15 mi
- Port Chester · 24 mi
- Purchase · 24 mi
- Rye Brook · 24 mi
- Putnam County · 25 mi
- Rye · 25 mi
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