Riggs Hill
Riggs Hill rises to 480 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 480 m
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 26.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Winchester Center Playground: 2.6 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 3.3 mi
- Maasser Park: 3.9 mi
- Club Island Park: 4.2 mi
- Fong Family Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Silas Hall Pond Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Ehrich Woods: 1.6 mi
- Hurlbut Field: 1.6 mi
- Ruez Trail: 1.9 mi
- Parker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Rebekahs Hill: 1.1 mi
- Tibbals Hill: 1.3 mi
- Grant Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Ouleout: 1.8 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 4.8 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 4.9 mi
- American Mural Project: 5.8 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.2 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 5.8 mi
- Hermit memorial: 7.0 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 8.6 mi
- Jones Memorial: 10.7 mi
- 4 towns meet: 6.5 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 8.5 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 8.8 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 8.9 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 9.2 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.2 mi
- Burr Falls: 5.6 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 6.1 mi
- Beulah Falls: 6.7 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 10.4 mi
- The Beech: 11.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 11.5 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 11.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.5 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.6 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.9 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 19.1 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 20.7 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 22.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 22.7 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 22.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 16.5 mi
- County Beach: 19.0 mi
- Boating Side: 21.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 4.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 7.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 8.7 mi
- Big Spring: 8.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.3 mi
- Questing: 14.4 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riggs Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | NW 306° | 584 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 342° | 539 m | 7.6 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | WNW 292° | 528 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NW 306° | 521 m | 5.6 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | N 349° | 519 m | 7.6 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NNW 341° | 510 m | 6.0 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | NNW 341° | 506 m | 3.9 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | SW 218° | 504 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210191 — Riggs Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359268121
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 17 mi
- Monterey · 18 mi
- Otis · 19 mi
- Great Barrington · 21 mi
- Blandford · 22 mi
- Chester · 26 mi
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