Staples Hill
Staples Hill rises to 144 m in Connecticut. Eden Hill stands 240 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 144 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Samuel P. Senior Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Aspetuck Park: 1.3 mi
- Hoydens Hill Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Helen Keller Park: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.6 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 3.3 mi
- Jennings Beach: 7.3 mi
- Seaside Beach: 7.3 mi
- Money Beach: 7.3 mi
- Penfield Beach: 7.6 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 3.7 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 5.8 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 6.6 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 7.0 mi
- Municipal Open Space (Blue Bell Lane): 1.5 mi
- Municipal Open Space (Hoydens Lane): 1.6 mi
- Grace Richardson Conservation Area Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Morehouse Highway: 2.4 mi
- Audubon Center at Fairfield: 2.4 mi
- Hoyden Hill: 1.3 mi
- Round Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sport Hill: 1.6 mi
- Powells Hill: 1.8 mi
- Flirt Hill: 2.0 mi
- Jean Wells Wallace: 2.4 mi
- Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors: 2.4 mi
- Tree Stump Monument: 2.7 mi
- Goosetown Park: 5.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 6.5 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 7.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.4 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 5.2 mi
- Heron: 5.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 7.1 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 9.7 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- 3-town marker: 4.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 5.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 7.0 mi
- Earthplace: 7.5 mi
- Weir House: 8.4 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 2.6 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.6 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 7.7 mi
- Sheep Falls: 7.9 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 10.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 14.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 14.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 14.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.9 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 5.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.3 mi
- Pond View: 6.4 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 7.9 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 8.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 17.7 mi
- The Silver Spring: 10.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Staples Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Hill | N 353° | 240 m | 6.7 mi |
| Windy Hill | WNW 299° | 220 m | 7.5 mi |
| Redding Ridge | NNW 333° | 214 m | 6.3 mi |
| Goodsell Hill | WNW 289° | 211 m | 6.4 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | WNW 295° | 204 m | 6.2 mi |
| Meekers Hill | NNW 336° | 203 m | 5.6 mi |
| Topstone Mountain | WNW 300° | 203 m | 8.7 mi |
| Moose Hill | NE 36° | 198 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359287260
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