Rattlesnake Hill
Rattlesnake Hill rises to 404 m in Connecticut. Stone Man Mountain stands 528 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 404 m
How to reach it
- 28.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Dean's Ravine: 3.1 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 3.6 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 5.2 mi
- Town Green: 5.7 mi
- Goshen Historic District: 6.1 mi
- Cherry Hill: 0.9 mi
- The Cobble: 0.9 mi
- Bloody Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Waller Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cream Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Preserve: 0.4 mi
- CCT Walker-Cobble: 0.8 mi
- CCT Walker-Cobble Easement: 0.9 mi
- Day Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 128): 1.1 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 2.9 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 4.3 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 5.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 6.8 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 7.6 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 9.3 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 10.3 mi
- Peter's Forge: 11.4 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 8.5 mi
- Lime Kiln: 8.8 mi
- Folly: 8.9 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 9.5 mi
- Dough Boy: 10.2 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 12.4 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 13.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.0 mi
- The Beech: 18.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 14.3 mi
- Waterfront: 22.4 mi
- Boating Side: 22.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 13.6 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 23.4 mi
- Heritage Garden: 23.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 24.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 13.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 14.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.0 mi
- Big Spring: 17.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 21.1 mi
- Jean Widmark: 21.6 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 23.0 mi
- Naked Lady: 23.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 5.1 mi
- Questing: 17.2 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 16.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Man Mountain | NNE 22° | 528 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | SSE 159° | 513 m | 4.2 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | E 95° | 504 m | 5.3 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSE 165° | 502 m | 4.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | SE 141° | 499 m | 2.8 mi |
| The Matterhorn | NE 38° | 498 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | E 98° | 495 m | 2.5 mi |
| Brass Mountain | ESE 105° | 491 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267990
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 22 mi
- Great Barrington · 22 mi
- Monterey · 22 mi
- Otis · 25 mi
- Stockbridge · 28 mi
- Blandford · 29 mi
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