Race Hill
Race Hill rises to 87 m in Connecticut. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ironwoods Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 87 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 23.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Guilford Town Park: 2.5 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
- Nut Plains Park: 3.6 mi
- Long Hill Park: 4.5 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 5.4 mi
- Thomas Griswold House: 5.8 mi
- Hyland House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Medad Stone Tavern Museum: 6.0 mi
- Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Deacon John Grave House Museum: 6.9 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 6.8 mi
- Circle Beach: 6.9 mi
- East Rive Beach: 7.0 mi
- Daniel Ave. Beach: 7.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 7.7 mi
- Ironwoods Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Gesner Hill: 1.3 mi
- Donnelly Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Forest Corners: 1.4 mi
- Squire Glen: 1.5 mi
- Charlie Cotttrell: 1.3 mi
- Bill Wheeler: 4.2 mi
- CCC Camp: 5.1 mi
- Killingworth's World War Heroes: 5.1 mi
- Guilford Volunteer Firefighters' Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 0.7 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.1 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 2.8 mi
- East Sugarloaf: 3.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 2.7 mi
- Bear Cave: 2.9 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 4.7 mi
- Lavender Pond Farm: 5.9 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 6.0 mi
- Nineveh Falls: 2.7 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Seven Falls: 10.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 11.1 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 11.2 mi
- snake: 2.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 4.0 mi
- James Madison: 6.9 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 12.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 13.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 3.5 mi
- Chimney Corner: 8.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 18.1 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Race Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | NNW 330° | 232 m | 7.4 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NW 323° | 230 m | 6.6 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NNW 337° | 219 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NW 320° | 210 m | 5.9 mi |
| Goose Hill | NE 44° | 201 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 355° | 196 m | 5.5 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NNE 14° | 186 m | 9.9 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | WNW 292° | 176 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267957
Day trips start here
- Essex · 14 mi
- Old Saybrook · 15 mi
- Old Lyme · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Montville · 27 mi
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