Pumpkin Hill
Pumpkin Hill rises to 96 m in Connecticut. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Lane Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808472, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 96 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.8 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Deer Lane Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Gallup Hill Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Applewood Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Town Farm Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Burton Property: 0.9 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 1.0 mi
- Cellar Hole: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 4.2 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 4.2 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 4.3 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 2.4 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 3.1 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 3.8 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 4.2 mi
- Children's Museum: 4.2 mi
- Model Park: 0.6 mi
- Sawmill Park: 1.7 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 2.4 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 2.8 mi
- River Road Park: 3.2 mi
- Gallup Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cider Hill: 1.9 mi
- Church Hill: 2.6 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lantern Hill: 3.2 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 4.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 5.4 mi
- Groton Beach: 6.7 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 6.7 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 6.9 mi
- Stone Turtle: 2.1 mi
- Giant Gnome: 3.6 mi
- Mjolnir: 3.6 mi
- Penguin: 3.7 mi
- Mystic Blue: 4.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 3.7 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 3.8 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 5.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 6.3 mi
- The Whale: 7.6 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 7.3 mi
- Azalea Garden: 7.4 mi
- Laurel Walk: 7.4 mi
- Yantic Falls: 9.6 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 16.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 17.3 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 17.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 8.6 mi
- Powder House: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 10.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.8 mi
- Old Spring: 0.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.8 mi
- Crow Head: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Pumpkin Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNE 23° | 163 m | 5.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 33° | 155 m | 5.9 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NE 53° | 149 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNE 15° | 144 m | 4.3 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NE 47° | 139 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NE 50° | 139 m | 5.2 mi |
| Crandall Hill | WNW 286° | 137 m | 8.0 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NE 39° | 132 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359280420
Day trips start here
- Ledyard · 2 mi
- Mystic · 5 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Preston · 5 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- Groton · 6 mi
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