Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 197 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Putnam Memorial Park Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808458, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 197 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 0.0 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 4.3 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 6.2 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 6.6 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 7.7 mi
- South Beach: 10.2 mi
- North Beach: 10.6 mi
- Zoar Beach: 11.0 mi
- Overlook Park: 2.3 mi
- Town Green: 2.6 mi
- P. T. Barnum Square: 2.6 mi
- Parloa Park: 2.8 mi
- Bennett Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.1 mi
- Codfish Hill: 2.0 mi
- Redding Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Bogus Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cranson Peak: 2.7 mi
- Officer's Quarters: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Monument: 0.2 mi
- Lieutenant Kevin Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 2.9 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Lions Club: 4.2 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.5 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 4.5 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 7.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- Putnam Memorial State Park: 0.1 mi
- Joan Plishner Wildlife Preserve: 0.4 mi
- S.P. Kurpiewski: 0.7 mi
- Kurpiewski Easement: 0.7 mi
- R. Storm: 0.9 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 2.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 3.5 mi
- Lesser Evil: 5.5 mi
- greek letter pi: 6.2 mi
- Annunaki: 11.9 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 2.7 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 3.2 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 7.0 mi
- Sheep Falls: 7.4 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 10.5 mi
- 3-town marker: 4.6 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 5.8 mi
- Weir House: 6.9 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.9 mi
- Earthplace: 13.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 7.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.4 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Pond View: 7.8 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 6.5 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 12.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.1 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 18.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.7 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.1 mi
- Dicktown: 22.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | W 277° | 304 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cranson Peak | ENE 57° | 303 m | 2.7 mi |
| Moses Mountain | WNW 287° | 296 m | 4.5 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | W 260° | 290 m | 6.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 294° | 286 m | 4.2 mi |
| West Mountain | WSW 251° | 285 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ned Mountain | W 274° | 284 m | 7.1 mi |
| Seth Low Mountain | W 263° | 283 m | 6.9 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 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359286716
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 19 mi
- Putnam County · 20 mi
- Purchase · 27 mi
- Rye Brook · 27 mi
- Valhalla · 27 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 28 mi
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