Rattlesnake Hill
Rattlesnake Hill rises to 140 m in Connecticut. Good Hill stands 292 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Platt Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808493, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Platt Park: 0.2 mi
- Koons Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Cedarland Park: 1.2 mi
- Fox Hollow Preserve: 1.9 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Shepaug Dam (Owned): 2.5 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 0.3 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 5.5 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 9.7 mi
- Platt Park: 0.6 mi
- Traditions Park: 0.7 mi
- Union Square: 1.3 mi
- George Ewald Park: 1.4 mi
- Ballantine Park: 1.7 mi
- Durkee Hill: 1.0 mi
- Horse Hill: 1.5 mi
- Flat Hill: 1.5 mi
- Ichabod Hill: 1.9 mi
- East Hill: 2.0 mi
- Candle wall: 3.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 4.0 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 4.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 4.5 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 4.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 5.3 mi
- Zoar Beach: 7.4 mi
- North Beach: 11.0 mi
- South Beach: 11.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 4.9 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 10.4 mi
- Poet's Circle: 10.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 10.5 mi
- Biblical Garden: 10.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 4.5 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 9.4 mi
- Millstone: 4.4 mi
- Millstone: 4.4 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 7.5 mi
- Indian village: 10.2 mi
- New Milford Tank: 11.0 mi
- Jean Widmark: 6.7 mi
- Lesser Evil: 9.9 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 11.1 mi
- greek letter pi: 11.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 11.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 5.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 9.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.3 mi
- Kelly Slide: 12.9 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Pond View: 10.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 23.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 23.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 22.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Rattlesnake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Hill | N 353° | 292 m | 5.6 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 55° | 292 m | 7.1 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | NE 41° | 282 m | 6.2 mi |
| Greenleaf Hill | NNW 338° | 282 m | 7.6 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | E 81° | 273 m | 6.5 mi |
| Botsford Hill | NW 308° | 267 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hoop Pole Hill | N 1° | 264 m | 6.2 mi |
| Moosehorn Hill | NNW 338° | 264 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210107 — Rattlesnake Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267984
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- Putnam County · 26 mi
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