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Round Hill

Round Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Round Hill rises to 74 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is John and Madeline McLean Outdoor Educational Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America; geonames ID = 4841738.

Wikidata Q31808564, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
74 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.97065, -72.71093

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 56
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 54
  • Freedom Eagle: 8.5 mi
  • Cow: 9.3 mi
  • The Three Graces: 9.9 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 9.9 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Back Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Front Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Side Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 48
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 1.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 1.8 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 1.8 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.1 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 30
Cliffs: 25
  • Hart Meadow: 13.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 18.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Round Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainW421 m11.2 mi
Winchell MountainWNW403 m11.5 mi
Washington HillW359 m10.5 mi
South MountainWNW357 m9.7 mi
Drake MountainNW350 m11.3 mi
Bad Luck MountainNW347 m11.0 mi
East Sweetman MountainNW339 m12.1 mi
Sodom MountainNW326 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210318 — Round Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359268325

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