Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 260 m in Connecticut. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is McGrath Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1932653).
Wikidata Q31808462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- McGrath Park: 0.3 mi
- Canfield Park: 0.5 mi
- Hotchkiss Field: 0.6 mi
- Forger Park: 1.2 mi
- Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.5 mi
- Luke Street Wetland: 0.9 mi
- Kathan Woods: 1.6 mi
- Raudis Farm: 1.9 mi
- Ben's Homestead: 2.4 mi
- Puchalski Property: 2.4 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 3.9 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 5.0 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 7.0 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 0.4 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 1.7 mi
- Hopkins Hill: 1.8 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 5.7 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 5.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.7 mi
- Biblical Garden: 5.8 mi
- Poet's Circle: 5.8 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 3.5 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.0 mi
- Fountain: 4.0 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.9 mi
- Clock-On-The-Green: 4.9 mi
- Maori Head: 4.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 4.8 mi
- Ben Franklin: 4.9 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 4.9 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 11.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 4.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.4 mi
- Waterfront: 9.6 mi
- Boating Side: 9.6 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 12.6 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 8.9 mi
- Millstone: 10.1 mi
- Rock House: 11.0 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 13.0 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 7.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.8 mi
- Ravens Roost: 14.9 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
- Pond View: 18.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 18.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 19.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 6.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsley Hill | N 5° | 312 m | 8.3 mi |
| Clinton Hill | N 350° | 303 m | 8.1 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 60° | 301 m | 8.2 mi |
| Becar Hill | N 357° | 297 m | 8.2 mi |
| Southington Mountain | NNE 14° | 281 m | 6.9 mi |
| East Peak | ENE 63° | 277 m | 8.3 mi |
| Andrews Hill | WSW 257° | 275 m | 5.9 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | W 263° | 273 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1932653 — Prospect Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359282374
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