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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 60 m in Connecticut. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Americana Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway runs past it.

The story

mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31808455, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
60 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.24176, -73.11344

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Americana Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Eells-Stow House: 3.3 mi
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 0.5 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.3 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 6.2 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 33
  • Farmill River Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Cascades: 2.6 mi
  • Cascade: 3.5 mi
  • Cascade: 6.0 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 0.4 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 0.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 3.0 mi
  • Heron: 3.7 mi
  • An American Dream: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 19
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.7 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 10.0 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.2 mi
  • Pond View: 8.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillN 359°231 m11.1 mi
Great HillN 359°202 m8.4 mi
Barn HillNNW 332°200 m8.0 mi
Moose HillNW 323°198 m7.9 mi
Israel HillNNW 330°192 m6.9 mi
Rockhouse HillN 352°192 m10.0 mi
Bugg HillNW 316°189 m7.9 mi
Upper White HillsNNW 343°188 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286720

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