Rucum Hill
Rucum Hill rises to 251 m in Connecticut. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronson Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bronson Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 0.8 mi
- Good Hill: 1.7 mi
- Horse Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rail Tree Hill: 2.2 mi
- Glaves Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Mayflower: 1.2 mi
- Brian E. Tierney Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Laurel Wood: 1.2 mi
- Skinner: 1.2 mi
- Hurlburt Park: 2.8 mi
- Hollow Park: 2.9 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 3.1 mi
- Three Rivers Park: 3.1 mi
- George Bennett Park: 3.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.3 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 6.3 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 7.3 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 2.0 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 3.1 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 3.2 mi
- Candle wall: 7.5 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 3.0 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 10.1 mi
- Poet's Circle: 10.1 mi
- Biblical Garden: 10.1 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Southford Falls: 7.2 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 7.5 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
- New Preston Falls: 11.1 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 4.1 mi
- Indian village: 6.3 mi
- Millstone: 7.2 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 8.1 mi
- New Milford Tank: 8.2 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 9.1 mi
- North Beach: 10.6 mi
- South Beach: 10.8 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 11.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 2.7 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 11.6 mi
- Ben Franklin: 11.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 11.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 3.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.2 mi
- Kelly Slide: 10.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
- Pond View: 14.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 15.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 22.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 16.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Rucum Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Hill | NNW 346° | 324 m | 4.9 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | NNW 331° | 324 m | 8.0 mi |
| Plumb Hill | NNW 348° | 322 m | 6.7 mi |
| Carmel Hill | N 7° | 322 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bell Hill | NNW 348° | 299 m | 7.1 mi |
| Good Hill | N 8° | 292 m | 1.7 mi |
| Great Hill | E 88° | 292 m | 6.7 mi |
| Second Hill | WNW 286° | 285 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359268353
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 26 mi
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