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Shingle Hill

Shingle Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Shingle Hill rises to 52 m in Connecticut. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Shingle Hill Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31808615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
52 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.25954, -72.97149

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Walter Brennan Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ken Strong Stadium: 0.7 mi
  • Painter Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bradley Point Park: 0.8 mi
  • Savin Rock Park: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 3.1 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Gardens: 48
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 1.3 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 3.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascades: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 17
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 1.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.3 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.4 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Pond View: 14.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Shingle Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN 8°216 m10.6 mi
Great HillNW 314°202 m10.4 mi
Meeting House HillN 354°193 m11.6 mi
Israel HillWNW 294°192 m11.9 mi
Round HillN 349°190 m8.9 mi
Upper White HillsWNW 303°188 m11.5 mi
Peck HillNNW 339°183 m8.8 mi
Peck HillNNW 337°171 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210829 — Shingle Hill, South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359269459

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