Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 153 m in Connecticut. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Stablitz Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America; geonames ID = 4841108.
Wikidata Q31808465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Schuster Park: 1.2 mi
- Colchester Recreation Complex: 1.7 mi
- CT Salmon River State Park: 2.1 mi
- Colchester Fish and Game Club: 2.6 mi
- Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 3.3 mi
- Wilcox Mill (Site of): 5.2 mi
- Wilcox Mill: 5.2 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 5.9 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 6.6 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 7.0 mi
- Stablitz Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Skungamaug Fish and Game Club: 2.0 mi
- Ella Bernstein Trust: 2.1 mi
- Camp Connecticut: 2.3 mi
- Day Pond State Park: 2.3 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.1 mi
- Jeremiahs Back: 1.4 mi
- Buckley Hill: 1.9 mi
- Halls Hill: 2.9 mi
- Chalker Hill: 3.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.9 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 7.0 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.1 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 7.7 mi
- fern and rock garden: 8.3 mi
- Mill Turbine: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.6 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 6.2 mi
- Devil's Oven: 6.7 mi
- Insect Hotel: 8.1 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 18.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.9 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 19.6 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 19.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 19.8 mi
- Grayville Falls: 3.0 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
- Moodus Falls: 4.8 mi
- Tartia Falls: 5.6 mi
- Chapman Falls: 6.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 15.7 mi
- Crow Point: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 7.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.0 mi
- Old Spring: 22.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 20.0 mi
- Powder House: 20.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | WNW 296° | 265 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clark Hill | WNW 283° | 241 m | 8.0 mi |
| Post Hill | NNE 15° | 239 m | 7.3 mi |
| Burnt Hill | N 357° | 229 m | 8.4 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | WNW 288° | 228 m | 9.2 mi |
| Great Hill | W 274° | 222 m | 9.3 mi |
| Utley Hill | NNE 13° | 209 m | 9.0 mi |
| Baker Hill | WNW 282° | 204 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210001 — Prospect Hill, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267808
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 2 mi
- Willimantic · 13 mi
- Montville · 14 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 14 mi
- Essex · 15 mi
- Norwich · 15 mi
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