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Pumpkin Hill

Pumpkin Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pumpkin Hill rises to 187 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgewater Town Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808471, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52482, -73.40595

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 6.7 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 6.9 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 6.9 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 7.2 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 42
Museums: 41
Gardens: 28
  • Personal Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 10.3 mi
  • Judea Garden: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 12
  • Lesser Evil: 7.7 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 7.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Pond View: 16.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 17.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Pumpkin Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillWNW 302°405 m8.2 mi
Birch HillW 269°386 m7.8 mi
Cranberry MountainW 260°376 m8.2 mi
Branch HillWNW 297°370 m7.2 mi
Seeley HillNW 304°368 m8.5 mi
Turner MountainNW 305°362 m7.1 mi
Beaver Bog MountainWSW 252°358 m6.0 mi
Wanzer MountainW 275°346 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267837

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