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. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Marshepaug Falls: 0.9 mi
- Pothole Falls: 6.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 7.4 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
- 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
- Dudley Town: 5.7 mi
- Questing: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 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 |
| The Matterhorn | N 358° | 498 m | 7.4 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 |
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
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 23 mi
- Monterey · 24 mi
- Great Barrington · 25 mi
- Otis · 26 mi
- Blandford · 29 mi
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