Preston Hill
Preston Hill rises to 205 m in Connecticut. Great Hill stands 292 m to the north-northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bucks Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808452, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 205 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hidden Pond Park: 1.3 mi
- Peck Tract: 1.4 mi
- The Crossings: 1.7 mi
- Largay Corner Tract: 2.1 mi
- Matthews Tract: 2.2 mi
- Meadowview Park: 2.2 mi
- Community House Park: 2.7 mi
- George Bennett Park: 3.5 mi
- Ballantine Park: 3.5 mi
- George Ewald Park: 3.8 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 2.4 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 3.7 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 4.3 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 4.3 mi
- Fountain: 5.0 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 4.5 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.1 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 5.3 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 7.3 mi
- Bucks Hill: 1.2 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.3 mi
- Woodruff Hill: 1.4 mi
- Jacks Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bullet Hill: 2.4 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 5.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 7.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.2 mi
- Waterfront: 11.4 mi
- Boating Side: 11.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 4.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Poet's Circle: 5.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 5.8 mi
- Biblical Garden: 5.8 mi
- Southford Falls: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.2 mi
- Millstone: 2.3 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.5 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 10.6 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 10.7 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 10.8 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.1 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.1 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.1 mi
- Maori Head: 7.4 mi
- Jean Widmark: 8.1 mi
- Bethel Rock: 4.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
- Pond View: 12.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 12.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 13.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 13.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 22.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 23.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 22.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Preston Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | NNE 16° | 292 m | 3.1 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | NNW 346° | 282 m | 3.6 mi |
| Andrews Hill | E 98° | 275 m | 3.2 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | E 93° | 273 m | 1.4 mi |
| Hoop Pole Hill | NW 316° | 264 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Fair | NNE 27° | 258 m | 5.5 mi |
| Grassy Hill | WNW 297° | 256 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bronson Mountain | WNW 290° | 255 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267777
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