Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 66 m in Connecticut. Turkey Hill stands 138 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacobs Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 66 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacobs Peak: 0.4 mi
- Ingham Hill: 0.8 mi
- Obed Heights: 1.0 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.3 mi
- Viney Hill: 1.4 mi
- Clark Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Ingham Hill Road (Geron): 1.6 mi
- Heron Pond Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Town Of Old Saybrook Dock (Sheffield Street): 2.2 mi
- Turtle Creek Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Clark Field: 1.0 mi
- Clark Memorial Field: 1.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Town Park: 1.2 mi
- Old Saybrook South Green: 1.4 mi
- Main Street Park: 1.8 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 1.6 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 3.2 mi
- In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 3.2 mi
- Westbrook: 3.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Indiantown Beach: 2.4 mi
- Chalker Beach: 2.4 mi
- Great Hammock Beach: 2.5 mi
- Harveys Beach: 2.6 mi
- Chapman Beach: 2.6 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 2.7 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 2.8 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Westbrook Historical Society Building: 3.2 mi
- Nut Museum: 3.3 mi
- Stone Table: 4.3 mi
- Historic Ferry: 7.7 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 8.0 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 8.9 mi
- tri-town marker: 9.8 mi
- Cascade: 9.3 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Cascade: 10.4 mi
- Cascade: 10.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 10.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.4 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 2.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.5 mi
- James Madison: 10.9 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 12.3 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 15.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 6.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 16.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 17.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 17.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Powder House: 14.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 4.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.9 mi
- Old Spring: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 324° | 138 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Archer | NNE 17° | 136 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NE 44° | 129 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wig Hill | NW 325° | 128 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 296° | 126 m | 7.1 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | NNE 31° | 123 m | 7.0 mi |
| Honey Hill | NNE 16° | 114 m | 6.0 mi |
| Brown Hill | NE 37° | 112 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209998 — Prospect Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267799
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