Rye Hill
Rye Hill rises to 91 m in Connecticut. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the east-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808574, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 91 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 8.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamilton Avenue Park: 1.5 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 2.1 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 2.1 mi
- Greeneville Playground: 2.2 mi
- Jennings Field: 2.2 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 3.3 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 3.4 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Norwich Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop: 4.4 mi
- Campbell Hill: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
- Fox Hill: 2.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 2.9 mi
- Miantonomo: 2.4 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 2.5 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 3.2 mi
- Cellar Hole: 6.1 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 6.5 mi
- Choate Brook Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Blueberry Hill Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Alejo Park: 1.8 mi
- Preston Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Route 2 Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 11.7 mi
- Williams Beach: 12.9 mi
- Groton Beach: 13.3 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 13.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 14.0 mi
- Promised Day: 3.1 mi
- Nevertheless: 3.1 mi
- Muffler Man: 4.0 mi
- River Blue: 4.5 mi
- Sparky: 7.9 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 5.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 11.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 12.1 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 11.3 mi
- Laurel Walk: 11.4 mi
- Yantic Falls: 3.9 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 9.7 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.2 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 14.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 19.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Coney Rock: 20.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 13.1 mi
- Powder House: 13.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 21.1 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 21.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 17.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 17.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
- Old Spring: 7.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 23.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.5 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Rye Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | ESE 117° | 163 m | 4.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | ESE 114° | 155 m | 5.6 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | W 277° | 153 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bay Mountain | E 79° | 152 m | 5.3 mi |
| Hearthstone Hill | NW 314° | 152 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 274° | 152 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bargy Ledges | W 266° | 151 m | 7.9 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ESE 116° | 149 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359268374
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