Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 229 m in Connecticut. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pomfret Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pomfret Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hamlet Hill: 1.5 mi
- Golden Hill: 2.0 mi
- Shaw Hill: 2.3 mi
- Hospital Hill: 2.4 mi
- Duck Marsh Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Cole Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Aicher Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Holzer Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Ann A. Wright Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 3.7 mi
- Pineville Mill: 5.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Pomfret Green: 0.5 mi
- Pomfret Little League Field: 1.6 mi
- John F. Simonzi, Sr. Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.9 mi
- Beeches Recreation Park: 3.0 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 2.5 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 7.0 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 13.4 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 2.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.1 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 13.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 13.9 mi
- Motion: 14.9 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 15.9 mi
- U’s and C’s: 16.0 mi
- Copper Tower: 16.0 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 16.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 9.8 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 12.0 mi
- Wescott Beach: 13.4 mi
- YWCA Beach: 16.2 mi
- Flynns Beach: 16.4 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 16.3 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 16.4 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 16.4 mi
- Small House Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cargill Falls: 2.9 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 11.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 14.7 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 16.1 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 12.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.5 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 21.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 2.9 mi
- Picnic: 10.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | NW 323° | 283 m | 5.5 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | NW 322° | 281 m | 6.3 mi |
| Aplin Hill | NW 318° | 276 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bungee Hill | NW 314° | 269 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bradford Hill | NW 319° | 267 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ragged Hill | WNW 282° | 265 m | 4.0 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | WNW 294° | 265 m | 4.5 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NW 320° | 265 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267810
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