Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 153 m in Connecticut. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McGuire Lot, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 209999).
Wikidata Q31808461, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McGuire Lot: 0.6 mi
- Newton Road Park: 0.6 mi
- Indian Trail Pond: 0.7 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 0.8 mi
- Lodge Tract: 0.8 mi
- Chatfield Park: 2.9 mi
- South Genesee Park: 3.1 mi
- Hilltop Playground: 3.2 mi
- Beverly Hills Triangle: 3.4 mi
- Sochrin's Pond: 3.4 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 3.9 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 5.2 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 5.5 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 5.7 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 6.1 mi
- Old Mill Foundation: 2.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 4.0 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 4.1 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Witek Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 8.6 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 8.7 mi
- Prospect Beach: 8.9 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 9.5 mi
- Rocky Beach: 9.6 mi
- Round Hill: 1.1 mi
- Peck Hill: 1.2 mi
- Carrington Hill: 2.1 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 2.7 mi
- Success Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 3.8 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 4.9 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 5.0 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 0.9 mi
- Sperry Falls: 1.4 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 2.9 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 5.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 2.5 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
- Millstone: 10.0 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.3 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.6 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 4.1 mi
- Turtle Statue: 5.0 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 5.2 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 6.1 mi
- An American Dream: 6.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 15.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 16.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 16.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 11.3 mi
- Pond View: 12.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 12.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 13.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NNW 332° | 275 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Sanford | NNE 27° | 263 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | N 1° | 259 m | 8.0 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNE 16° | 253 m | 7.3 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NNW 331° | 246 m | 7.6 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | NNE 12° | 246 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | N 355° | 238 m | 7.8 mi |
| Huntington Hill | NNW 337° | 237 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209999 — Prospect Hill, South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267803
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