Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill rises to 220 m in Connecticut. Sprague Hill stands 257 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cohantic Ledges, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 9.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 3.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Cohantic Ledges: 0.6 mi
- Little River Wildlife Area: 1.0 mi
- Stone Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Dave Shoemaker Demonstration Forest: 1.8 mi
- Rock Spring Wildlife Refuge: 1.9 mi
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
- Hickory Grove Roadside Park: 4.4 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 4.6 mi
- Harry and Margaret Bowers Recreational Field: 4.9 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 4.9 mi
- Parish Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hampton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pudding Hill: 2.2 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.9 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 6.5 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 6.5 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 6.2 mi
- Edward Waldo House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 7.7 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 7.9 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 3.7 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 7.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 8.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 8.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 8.7 mi
- Manny: 7.9 mi
- Willy: 7.9 mi
- Windy: 7.9 mi
- Swifty: 8.0 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 9.8 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 7.2 mi
- Mary's Garden: 7.9 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 10.4 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 10.5 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 10.5 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 13.9 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 18.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 19.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 19.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 7.2 mi
- Old Spring: 23.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 9.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.3 mi
- Picnic: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Shaw Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprague Hill | N 359° | 257 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 7° | 252 m | 8.6 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | N 10° | 251 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | N 4° | 248 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NNW 335° | 241 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NNW 348° | 240 m | 3.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | NW 311° | 235 m | 2.4 mi |
| Threemile Hill | N 349° | 234 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269387
Day trips start here
- Mystic-Eastern · 8 mi
- Willimantic · 8 mi
- Storrs · 10 mi
- Griswold · 14 mi
- Norwich · 14 mi
- Putnam · 14 mi
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