Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 56 m in Connecticut. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wakeman Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808454, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Wakeman Park: 0.5 mi
- Fairfield County Hunt Club: 1.2 mi
- Gault Park: 1.6 mi
- Hitchcock Park: 1.7 mi
- Greenfield Hill Village Green: 1.8 mi
- Southport Beach: 2.9 mi
- Burying Hill Beach: 3.2 mi
- Alvord Beach: 3.4 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 3.5 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach: 3.7 mi
- Merwins Hill: 1.0 mi
- Charcoal Hill: 1.4 mi
- Catamount Hill: 1.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sipperly Hill: 2.2 mi
- Silent Grove: 0.7 mi
- Putnam Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Sasco River-Kirik Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Wakeman Lane Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Windmill Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Great Swamp Fight - 1637: 2.4 mi
- Capped Water Well: 2.7 mi
- Haskins House: 2.8 mi
- Haskins Greenhouses: 2.8 mi
- Powder House - 1814: 3.6 mi
- Heron: 9.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 10.0 mi
- Mother Mary: 10.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 12.1 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.3 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 6.1 mi
- Earthplace: 3.2 mi
- Burr Homestead: 4.0 mi
- 3-town marker: 8.1 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 9.0 mi
- Weir House: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.4 mi
- Pond View: 11.5 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
- Sheep Falls: 8.8 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 10.3 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 11.1 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 13.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 13.9 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 14.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.4 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.3 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 6.4 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 7.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.4 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 14.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 8.0 mi
- Cuties Island: 13.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 11.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodsell Hill | NW 326° | 211 m | 8.6 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NNW 331° | 204 m | 8.8 mi |
| Gilbert Hill | NW 324° | 186 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 294° | 184 m | 8.8 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNE 29° | 179 m | 7.7 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | WNW 292° | 164 m | 7.9 mi |
| Powells Hill | N 354° | 159 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sport Hill | NNE 27° | 154 m | 6.1 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 | 19:48 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267792
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