School Hill
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
- 29.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space (Flora Road): 0.8 mi
- Camp Cochipianee: 2.1 mi
- Town Open Space (Beach Street): 2.1 mi
- Red Mountain Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Town Open Space (East Street, South): 3.1 mi
- Goshen Historic District: 1.4 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 2.6 mi
- Major Besse Park: 5.6 mi
- Sharon Avenue Park: 6.3 mi
- Bannon Street Park: 6.5 mi
- Bartholomew Hill: 1.6 mi
- Brass Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lucas Hill: 1.9 mi
- Milton Hill: 2.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 0.9 mi
- Pothole Falls: 6.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cascade: 7.2 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- KidsPlay Children's Museum: 7.1 mi
- Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building: 7.1 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 4.1 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 9.7 mi
- Hermit memorial: 10.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 11.2 mi
- 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
- Hornet's Nest: 7.6 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Grand Staircase: 14.5 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 14.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.9 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 8.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 11.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 20.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 22.0 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 22.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 10.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 10.6 mi
- Waterfront: 17.8 mi
- Boating Side: 17.9 mi
- 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
- Cannavo Spring: 10.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 10.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.1 mi
- Big Spring: 15.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 5.7 mi
- Questing: 19.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Mountain | WSW 243° | 513 m | 2.7 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | NNE 32° | 504 m | 2.7 mi |
| The Pinnacle | WSW 247° | 502 m | 3.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | WNW 285° | 499 m | 2.2 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | NNW 331° | 495 m | 2.8 mi |
| Brass Mountain | NNE 26° | 491 m | 1.7 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | WNW 295° | 484 m | 1.6 mi |
| Riggs Hill | NE 36° | 480 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269244
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- Monterey · 24 mi
- Great Barrington · 25 mi
- Otis · 26 mi
- Blandford · 29 mi
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