Sandy Hill
Sandy Hill rises to 208 m in Connecticut. Great Hill stands 292 m to the northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuttle Woods Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808578, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 208 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tuttle Woods Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Fodder's Folly: 0.6 mi
- Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Curtis Farms Tract: 1.0 mi
- Woods Hill: 1.2 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 2.8 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 4.7 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 5.8 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 6.7 mi
- Meadowview Park: 1.9 mi
- Legion Field: 2.1 mi
- Ledgewood Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Andrew Mountain Park: 2.3 mi
- Foley Stadium: 2.5 mi
- Lewis Hill: 0.7 mi
- Joes Rock: 1.0 mi
- Bedlam Hill: 1.3 mi
- Woodruff Hill: 1.6 mi
- Andrews Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 2.8 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 3.0 mi
- Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 4.5 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 8.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 8.5 mi
- Waterfront: 9.3 mi
- Boating Side: 9.3 mi
- Zoar Beach: 9.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
- Poet's Circle: 3.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 3.3 mi
- Biblical Garden: 3.3 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Millstone: 4.6 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.2 mi
- Rock House: 9.1 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 10.5 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 10.6 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Southford Falls: 4.6 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 7.7 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 4.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 4.5 mi
- Ben Franklin: 4.5 mi
- Maori Head: 4.8 mi
- Jean Widmark: 9.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 5.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.4 mi
- Ravens Roost: 15.6 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
- Pond View: 14.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 15.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 15.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 15.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 23.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 24.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Sandy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | NW 319° | 292 m | 2.4 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | NW 305° | 282 m | 4.1 mi |
| Andrews Hill | SSE 155° | 275 m | 1.8 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | SW 218° | 273 m | 1.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 79° | 263 m | 5.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | E 93° | 260 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | ESE 106° | 259 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Fair | N 1° | 258 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210637 — Sandy Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359269178
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