Second Hill
Second Hill rises to 285 m in Connecticut. Bear Hill stands 390 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunny Valley Foundation,Inc.- Hatch Tract, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 285 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clatter Valley Park: 1.3 mi
- Addis Park: 1.9 mi
- Hodge Park: 2.2 mi
- Harrybrooke Park: 2.7 mi
- Ray Ramsey Park: 2.8 mi
- Bulkeley Hill: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Pit Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Town Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mine Hill: 2.0 mi
- Botsford Hill: 2.1 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.5 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 4.6 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Jim Hulton: 6.7 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 7.0 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 2.7 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 4.5 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 6.1 mi
- Northrop House: 6.9 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
- New Preston Falls: 8.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.0 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 9.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 8.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 9.1 mi
- Personal Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 12.7 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 12.7 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 1.8 mi
- New Milford Tank: 2.7 mi
- Indian village: 4.6 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 10.2 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 10.3 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 6.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.4 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 6.5 mi
- North Beach: 6.7 mi
- South Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 2.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 4.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 8.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.0 mi
- Jean Widmark: 5.3 mi
- Lesser Evil: 9.9 mi
- greek letter pi: 10.5 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 12.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 16.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
- Pond View: 17.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 18.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.6 mi
- Dicktown: 21.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 11.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Second Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Hill | NNW 348° | 390 m | 7.4 mi |
| Wanzer Mountain | WSW 256° | 346 m | 6.7 mi |
| Painter Hill | NE 52° | 324 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lower Church Hill | NNE 14° | 324 m | 5.6 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | W 270° | 323 m | 4.4 mi |
| Briggs Hill | W 271° | 323 m | 6.5 mi |
| Iron Hill | NNW 344° | 323 m | 7.1 mi |
| Plumb Hill | NE 38° | 322 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269316
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 21 mi
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