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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 50 m in Connecticut. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Twomile Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1931428)

Wikidata Q31808463, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
50 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.36426, -72.12341

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions: 29
  • The Whale: 1.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 5.5 mi
  • Ledyard Oak Site: 5.6 mi
  • turtle rock: 9.8 mi
  • Large Glacial Erratic: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Silver Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Cascade: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Nathan Hale Statue: 1.1 mi
  • Sparky: 5.3 mi
  • Monty the T-Rex: 7.0 mi
  • Stonehenge Replica: 7.5 mi
  • John Kelley Statue: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillNNW 346°149 m6.2 mi
Crandall HillN 358°137 m6.2 mi
Ridge HillNW 321°134 m5.7 mi
Morgan HillNW 311°120 m5.0 mi
Polly HillNW 306°117 m4.7 mi
Lynch HillN 354°115 m6.8 mi
Konomoc HillNW 320°112 m3.7 mi
Pie HillN 353°109 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1931428 — Prospect Hill, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359280414

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