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Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Hill rises to 204 m in Connecticut. Beaver Bog Mountain stands 358 m to the west, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunny Valley Foundation,Inc.- Isbill,Carlson Tracts, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808543, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51398, -73.37623

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 5.8 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 6.8 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 7.5 mi
  • Candle wall: 8.2 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 8.3 mi
Museums: 45
Waterfalls: 27
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.1 mi
  • East Meadow Brook Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 10.0 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Judea Garden: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 14
Artworks: 14
  • Jean Widmark: 6.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.3 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Oak Grove: 15.4 mi
  • Pond View: 15.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Rocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver Bog MountainW358 m7.3 mi
Wanzer MountainW346 m6.2 mi
Painter HillNE324 m7.4 mi
Green Pond MountainWNW323 m4.8 mi
Briggs HillWNW323 m6.7 mi
Great MountainWNW310 m4.3 mi
Mount TomNNW300 m7.8 mi
Candlewood MountainNW296 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359268249

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