Ridge Hill
Ridge Hill rises to 134 m in Connecticut. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the north, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan R. Chaney Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808512, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 134 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 19.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 18.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Morgan R. Chaney Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Grassy Hill Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Vauxhall Property: 1.8 mi
- Farm Meadow Road Tract: 2.2 mi
- Nehantic Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Beaverdam Hill: 1.1 mi
- Morgan Hill: 1.2 mi
- Polly Hill: 1.7 mi
- Konomoc Hill: 2.0 mi
- Haines Hill: 2.2 mi
- The Genius Museum at Nature's Art Village: 1.5 mi
- Mohegan Cultural Preservation Center: 5.7 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 5.8 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Museum: 6.0 mi
- Lyman Allyn Museum of Art: 6.0 mi
- Montville American Little League Complex: 2.3 mi
- Horse Pond Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
- Leary Park: 3.8 mi
- Powers Lake Boat Launch: 4.1 mi
- Cohanzie Park: 4.5 mi
- Transient Workmans Camp: 3.6 mi
- Transient Workman's Camp Buildings: 3.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.0 mi
- The Guns: 6.2 mi
- Captain Hopley Yeaton Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 5.3 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 7.3 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 7.4 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 7.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 7.8 mi
- turtle rock: 4.7 mi
- tri-town marker: 5.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.3 mi
- The Whale: 7.3 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 5.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.5 mi
- Laurel Walk: 5.5 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 5.6 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 5.8 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 1.6 mi
- Sparky: 4.2 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 6.6 mi
- River Blue: 6.9 mi
- Muffler Man: 8.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 1.7 mi
- Chapman Falls: 8.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 9.0 mi
- Moodus Falls: 13.5 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 13.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 8.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.2 mi
- Crow Head: 22.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Ram Head: 24.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 13.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 19.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 6.4 mi
- Powder House: 6.7 mi
- Old Spring: 10.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Ridge Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | N 350° | 182 m | 2.8 mi |
| Maynard Hill | NW 314° | 174 m | 3.5 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | NNW 336° | 171 m | 3.8 mi |
| Raymond Hill | N 9° | 170 m | 4.6 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | NNE 14° | 162 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bargy Ledges | NNE 11° | 151 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sharp Hill | NE 53° | 149 m | 2.7 mi |
| Ladd Hill | NW 321° | 148 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210180 — Ridge Hill, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359268108
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