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Rockwell Hill

Rockwell Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rockwell Hill rises to 274 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Stafford Fish and Game Club, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808539, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
274 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.94926, -72.27063

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Heritage Park: 1.0 mi
  • Haymarket Square: 1.8 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 2.2 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 2.4 mi
  • Olympic Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.3 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 7.0 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 53
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 7.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.2 mi
  • Goat Rock: 11.4 mi
  • filled-in well: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 9.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascades: 9.5 mi
  • Cascades: 9.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 10.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Rockwell Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 34°396 m5.7 mi
Mount PisgahN 10°379 m9.0 mi
Bald HillENE 66°371 m4.1 mi
Stickney HillNE 56°371 m5.4 mi
Snow HillE 84°362 m3.1 mi
Lead Mine HillE 79°361 m4.5 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 46°354 m2.7 mi
Tupper HillN 359°352 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359268234

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