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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 60 m in Connecticut. Washington Hill stands 359 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Daniel K. Christian Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808459, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
60 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.96649, -72.66870

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Back Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Side Garden: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 1.5 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Freedom Eagle: 8.2 mi
  • The Three Graces: 8.8 mi
  • Cow: 9.2 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 10.2 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 50
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 1.7 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 1.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 1.8 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.4 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 44
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 14.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.4 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.7 mi
  • Rd: 15.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Washington HillW 266°359 m12.6 mi
South MountainWNW 297°357 m11.8 mi
Drake MountainNW 318°350 m12.9 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW 307°347 m12.8 mi
Sodom MountainNW 307°326 m10.7 mi
Pine ConeW 264°323 m10.4 mi
West LedgeWSW 246°305 m11.6 mi
Talcott MountainSSW 212°276 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210003 — Prospect Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359267812

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