Skip to content

Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.57010, -72.37564

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
  • 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
Artworks
  • Face in Tree: 9.6 mi
  • Monty the T-Rex: 12.4 mi
  • Swifty: 12.9 mi
  • Windy: 12.9 mi
  • Willy: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 52
Attractions: 44
  • Mill Turbine: 4.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 6.2 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 6.7 mi
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 40
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Old Spring: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meshomasic MountainWNW 296°265 m9.6 mi
Clark HillWNW 283°241 m8.0 mi
Post HillNNE 15°239 m7.3 mi
Burnt HillN 357°229 m8.4 mi
Raccoon HillWNW 288°228 m9.2 mi
Great HillW 274°222 m9.3 mi
Utley HillNNE 13°209 m9.0 mi
Baker HillWNW 282°204 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727163524233
Precip in3.22.73.94.03.43.92.74.44.13.83.63.7

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

More peaks in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Prospect Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens