Peak · Connecticut
Sanford Hill
Sanford Hill rises to 178 m in Connecticut. Great Hill stands 292 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808579, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.43426, -73.09789
- 13.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Chestnut Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rimmon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Towantic Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rock Rimmon: 2.1 mi
- Tobys Rock Mountain: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Matthies Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Beacon Falls Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Little River Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Lantern Ridge Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Seymour Land Conservation Trust: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Victory Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Beacon Falls Town Recreation Field: 1.4 mi
- Volunteer Park: 1.9 mi
- Lily Park: 2.3 mi
- Ryan's Courts: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 2.7 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 3.3 mi
- Fountain: 4.5 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.5 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 5.4 mi
Museums
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 4.8 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 7.1 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 8.3 mi
Beaches
- Jackson Cove Beach: 5.0 mi
- Zoar Beach: 5.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.2 mi
- Waterfront: 14.0 mi
- Boating Side: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 55
- Bethany Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
- Poet's Circle: 8.0 mi
- Biblical Garden: 8.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 51
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 35
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 3.7 mi
- Millstone: 3.8 mi
- Millstone: 3.9 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.1 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 23
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.8 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.8 mi
- Maori Head: 8.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Bethel Rock: 9.1 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 14.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Pond View: 10.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Tongue Point Light: 19.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 19.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Cold Spring: 12.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Pleasure Beach: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Sanford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | NNW 344° | 292 m | 7.1 mi |
| Andrews Hill | N 6° | 275 m | 3.5 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NNW 340° | 273 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Sanford | ENE 76° | 263 m | 8.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NE 52° | 260 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NE 51° | 259 m | 5.9 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | ENE 68° | 253 m | 7.1 mi |
| Breakneck Hill | N 349° | 252 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1932822 — Sanford Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359283023
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