Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 104 m in Connecticut. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Preston Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 210000).
Wikidata Q31808464, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 104 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 6.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Downer-Doanes Park: 0.7 mi
- Preston Highway Park: 1.2 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 1.4 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 2.9 mi
- Hamilton Avenue Park: 3.3 mi
- John Bishop House: 5.0 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 5.0 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 5.1 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 5.2 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Rye Hill: 1.9 mi
- Campbell Hill: 2.3 mi
- Round Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bundy Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bay Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 3.4 mi
- Miantonomo: 3.7 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 5.1 mi
- Cellar Hole: 5.8 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 7.0 mi
- Preston Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Preston City Social Club Land: 0.5 mi
- Preston Plains Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Choate Brook Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands: 2.5 mi
- Promised Day: 4.9 mi
- Nevertheless: 5.0 mi
- Muffler Man: 5.9 mi
- River Blue: 6.4 mi
- Stone Turtle: 8.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 12.2 mi
- Williams Beach: 13.3 mi
- Groton Beach: 14.2 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 14.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 14.6 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 5.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.6 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 8.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 10.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 11.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Sprout Garden: 12.6 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 12.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.8 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 12.8 mi
- Yantic Falls: 5.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.5 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.7 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 12.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.5 mi
- Powder House: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.0 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 20.2 mi
- Big Beach: 23.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 21.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.7 mi
- Old Spring: 8.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 22.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 17.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | SE 141° | 163 m | 3.6 mi |
| Stone Hill | NE 41° | 157 m | 7.2 mi |
| Barns Hill | SE 132° | 155 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | ESE 108° | 153 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | W 270° | 153 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bay Mountain | E 85° | 152 m | 3.4 mi |
| Hearthstone Hill | WNW 302° | 152 m | 8.2 mi |
| Stewart Hill | SE 129° | 149 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267805
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