Reed Hill
Reed Hill rises to 253 m in Connecticut. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
The story
mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 253 m
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- Town Grove: 0.8 mi
- Ymca Camp Slone (Indian Mountain Road): 1.0 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.5 mi
- Maria Peters Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Bauer Park: 1.0 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 1.1 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 1.2 mi
- Trotta Field: 2.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Brook Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bird Peak: 2.0 mi
- Indian Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Gay Woods Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Riga: 2.7 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 1.1 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 8.3 mi
- Folly: 4.0 mi
- Lime Kiln: 5.1 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 6.6 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.3 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 9.8 mi
- Riga Falls: 3.5 mi
- Great Falls: 4.5 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.6 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 6.7 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 16.3 mi
- Diving Lady: 17.6 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 17.9 mi
- Naked Lady: 18.1 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 23.3 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 1.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 3.5 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 9.4 mi
- trail parking: 11.6 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Judea Garden: 19.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 20.2 mi
- Flower Gardens: 21.4 mi
- Herb Gardens: 21.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 15.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 16.5 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 21.0 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 21.0 mi
- East Beach: 15.7 mi
- West Beach: 16.2 mi
- Holland Beach: 19.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 21.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 22.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 19.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.8 mi
- Big Spring: 23.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 11.6 mi
- Questing: 15.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Reed Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Frissell | N 350° | 747 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Ashley | N 354° | 725 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 2° | 708 m | 6.2 mi |
| Brace Mountain | NNW 344° | 706 m | 6.4 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | NNW 344° | 702 m | 6.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 352° | 695 m | 6.5 mi |
| Gridley Mountain | N 356° | 668 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Plantain | N 2° | 626 m | 7.5 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 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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/359281852
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 17 mi
- Monterey · 20 mi
- Berkshires · 22 mi
- Stockbridge · 24 mi
- Otis · 25 mi
- Lee · 26 mi
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