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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Flower Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Herb Gardens: 19.9 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
- Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.3 mi
- Questing: 14.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 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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