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Silvermine Hill

Silvermine Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Silvermine Hill, a peak in ConnecticutNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Silvermine Hill, a peak in Connecticut
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Silvermine Hill rises to 81 m in Connecticut. Ivy Hill stands 234 m to the north, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Still Pond Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
81 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.15676, -73.46734

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Still Pond Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • Borglum Road Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.1 mi
  • Browning Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
  • Comstock Hill Open Space: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 4.7 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 2.7 mi
  • Waveny Mansion: 2.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 4.2 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 8.1 mi
  • Samford Sign: 8.2 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 8.5 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.8 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Earthplace: 4.6 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 5.7 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 6.3 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 6.5 mi
  • Weir House: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 5.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 4.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 2.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 2.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Silvermine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillN 359°234 m8.8 mi
Prospect HillN 352°228 m8.7 mi
Branchville HillN 1°225 m7.5 mi
Biddle HillN 358°223 m7.8 mi
Goodsell HillNNE 20°211 m8.0 mi
Becks HillNNW 330°208 m5.3 mi
Huckleberry HillNNE 22°204 m8.7 mi
Indian HillWNW 292°201 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210871 — Silvermine Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359269511

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