Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill rises to 218 m in Connecticut. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the north-northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlet Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 218 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Townshend Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Williams Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Cole Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Hill Refuge: 2.7 mi
- Gallup Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Pomfret Green: 1.9 mi
- Pomfret Little League Field: 2.0 mi
- Town Commons: 3.4 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Beeches Recreation Park: 4.1 mi
- Hamlet Hill: 1.0 mi
- Ragged Hill: 1.6 mi
- Daven Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wheaton Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pomfret Hill: 2.1 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 4.1 mi
- Pineville Mill: 7.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 2.8 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 8.1 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 8.9 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 13.7 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 1.4 mi
- Frog Rock: 3.3 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.8 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 13.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 14.2 mi
- Motion: 14.0 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 14.1 mi
- U’s and C’s: 14.1 mi
- Copper Tower: 14.2 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 14.4 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 8.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 13.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 15.6 mi
- Wescott Beach: 15.7 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 14.4 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 14.5 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 14.5 mi
- Small House Garden: 15.2 mi
- Cargill Falls: 4.7 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 10.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 12.8 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 17.7 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 14.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 15.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 15.3 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 24.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 1.4 mi
- Picnic: 9.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Shaw Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | NNW 345° | 283 m | 4.0 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | NNW 340° | 281 m | 4.7 mi |
| Aplin Hill | NNW 336° | 276 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bungee Hill | NNW 328° | 269 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bradford Hill | NNW 335° | 267 m | 5.1 mi |
| Ragged Hill | W 278° | 265 m | 1.6 mi |
| Deacon Tim Perrin Hill | NW 304° | 265 m | 2.2 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NNW 340° | 265 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210789 — Shaw Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359269390
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