Snow Hill
Snow Hill rises to 362 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sky Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 11 miles off.
The story
Snow Hill is a 1210' hill located in the NW corner of Ashford, Connecticut and is the highest point in Windham County Connecticut. It is in the Nipmuck State Forest and adjacent to the Connecticut Mountain Laurel Sanctuary. There is an FCC RCO located near the top of the hill.
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Wikidata Q14715113, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 362 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 18.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bob White Farm: 1.5 mi
- Balazs Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Roaring Brook Campground: 1.8 mi
- Tinkerville Brook Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Roaring Brook Woodlands: 2.0 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 3.9 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.4 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Old root cellar: 10.1 mi
- Sky Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lead Mine Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sharpe Hill: 2.8 mi
- Morey Pond Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
- Staffordville Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 3.9 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.6 mi
- Town Hall Park: 4.6 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 3.9 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 6.1 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 9.9 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 9.9 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 4.8 mi
- Path Continues: 9.8 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.1 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 11.4 mi
- Wolf Rock: 13.5 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 10.3 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 10.3 mi
- The Arc: 10.3 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 10.3 mi
- Harvest Joy: 10.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 10.2 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 10.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 10.3 mi
- Codfish Falls: 9.0 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 12.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 13.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 15.6 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 16.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 3.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.5 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 10.4 mi
- Streeter Beach: 11.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 10.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 16.7 mi
- Indian Leap: 20.1 mi
- Picnic: 7.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 11.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Snow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | N 1° | 396 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 26° | 371 m | 1.5 mi |
| Stickney Hill | NNE 27° | 371 m | 3.0 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ENE 68° | 361 m | 1.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NW 323° | 354 m | 1.9 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NNW 329° | 352 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 333° | 347 m | 6.3 mi |
| Moss Hill | NNW 337° | 341 m | 6.1 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 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269607
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