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Sterling Hill

Sterling Hill, a peak in Connecticut
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Sterling Hill rises to 187 m in Connecticut. Bear Hill stands 215 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Olav and Anna-Lisa Laakso Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808655, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69296, -71.84828

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Neil H. Cook Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rotary Park: 2.2 mi
  • Moosup Veterans Park: 2.3 mi
  • Moosup Park: 2.5 mi
  • Pitch Pine Grove Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 23
Waterfalls: 12
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 4.2 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Ayer's Gap Falls: 15.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Windham Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Old Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Factory Pond: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 20.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Little Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Big Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 24.2 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Sterling Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear HillNNE215 m10.4 mi
Howard HillNE209 m8.2 mi
Ekonk HillS204 m1.7 mi
Bald HillESE203 m7.9 mi
Slater HillN199 m9.2 mi
Bennett HillNE197 m7.9 mi
Alva Pond HillNNE197 m10.9 mi
Cucumber HillNE195 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1419:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1215:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836465665706962514132
Precip in4.13.44.44.73.74.33.94.24.34.74.14.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211162 — Sterling Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359269964

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