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School Hill

School Hill, seen from above at true elevation

School Hill rises to 425 m in Connecticut. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the west-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Flora Road), a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808586, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
425 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83898, -73.25067

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls: 58
Museums: 47
Historic sites: 44
Attractions: 44
  • Gagarin Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 8.8 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 10.7 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 29
Gardens: 12
Beaches: 9
Artworks: 7
  • Jean Widmark: 18.6 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 22.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 22.3 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 22.5 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 22.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of School Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainWSW 243°513 m2.7 mi
Ivy MountainNNE 32°504 m2.7 mi
The PinnacleWSW 247°502 m3.1 mi
Red MountainWNW 285°499 m2.2 mi
Sedgwick MountainNNW 331°495 m2.8 mi
Brass MountainNNE 26°491 m1.7 mi
Bartholomew HillWNW 295°484 m1.6 mi
Riggs HillNE 36°480 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359269244

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