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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 228 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Governor Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5091374

Wikidata Q31808457, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
228 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.28179, -73.49206

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Governor Park: 0.0 mi
  • East Ridge Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • East Ridge Fields: 0.3 mi
  • Ballard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ridgefield Recreation Center: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
  • South Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 21
  • Annunaki: 4.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Sheep Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade: 3.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.1 mi
  • The Meadow: 11.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.8 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 1.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainN 3°304 m4.8 mi
Bailey MountainNW 304°299.314 m3.7 mi
Moses MountainNNE 14°296 m5.6 mi
Barlow MountainN 354°290 m3.1 mi
Thomas MountainNNE 17°286 m6.1 mi
West MountainNW 311°285 m2.4 mi
Ned MountainNNW 343°284 m4.8 mi
Seth Low MountainNNW 341°283 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267795

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