Rugg Hill
Rugg Hill rises to 352 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Waller Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 352 m
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dean's Ravine: 1.3 mi
- Town Green: 3.9 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 4.3 mi
- Trotta Field: 6.4 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 6.5 mi
- Waller Hill: 0.4 mi
- Hough Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cream Hill: 1.3 mi
- Music Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 128): 1.8 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Housatonic State Forest: 2.1 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 1.2 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 2.8 mi
- Great Falls: 4.4 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.6 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 6.6 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 6.9 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Folly: 7.7 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.8 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 8.3 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 5.1 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 5.7 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 8.0 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 12.1 mi
- Peter's Forge: 13.2 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 14.2 mi
- Grand Staircase: 14.2 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.7 mi
- The Beech: 18.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 13.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 16.1 mi
- East Beach: 22.5 mi
- West Beach: 23.1 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 19.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 21.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 21.4 mi
- Jean Widmark: 23.3 mi
- Diving Lady: 24.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 13.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 15.4 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.8 mi
- Big Spring: 18.1 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 15.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 22.2 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 23.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 6.5 mi
- Questing: 15.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rugg Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | NNE 24° | 584 m | 6.6 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | NE 41° | 528 m | 5.0 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NE 44° | 521 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | SSE 156° | 513 m | 6.1 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | ESE 108° | 504 m | 6.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSE 160° | 502 m | 6.0 mi |
| The Matterhorn | ENE 57° | 498 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | ESE 119° | 495 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359268358
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 20 mi
- Monterey · 20 mi
- Berkshires · 21 mi
- Otis · 24 mi
- Stockbridge · 27 mi
- Lee · 28 mi
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