Pumpkin Hill
Pumpkin Hill rises to 241 m in Connecticut. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinkham Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808473, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 241 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinkham Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Colts Pond Road Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Friedman Memorial Forest: 1.3 mi
- Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park: 2.1 mi
- Josias Byles Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Ashford Town Green: 1.9 mi
- Ashford Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 2.9 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 3.5 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.6 mi
- Old root cellar: 5.7 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 7.1 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 7.9 mi
- Snow Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bucket Hill: 1.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.6 mi
- Perry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Sprague Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 6.6 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 6.7 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 7.1 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 7.3 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 6.8 mi
- U’s and C’s: 6.8 mi
- Copper Tower: 6.9 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 7.1 mi
- The Fallen: 7.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 4.1 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 5.0 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 6.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 7.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 10.0 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 4.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 5.5 mi
- Cargill Falls: 12.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 13.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 14.1 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 7.1 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.2 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 9.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.0 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.5 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.1 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 15.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 5.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 17.1 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 21.4 mi
- Bara-Hack: 6.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 9.1 mi
- Picnic: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Pumpkin Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | WNW 295° | 291 m | 7.7 mi |
| Westford Hill | NW 322° | 290 m | 5.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 342° | 271 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | NW 319° | 268 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ragged Hill | NE 50° | 265 m | 6.2 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | NE 42° | 265 m | 6.7 mi |
| Vinton Hill | N 3° | 261 m | 7.7 mi |
| Daven Hill | NE 46° | 258 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267840
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