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Stony Hill

Stony Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Stony Hill rises to 154 m in Connecticut. Beaver Bog Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Brook Cliff Face, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808662, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
154 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.42259, -73.40707

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Still River Greenway: 0.9 mi
  • Entrance to Sterling Woods Private Footpath: 0.9 mi
  • Town Open Space (Old Gray's Bridge Road): 1.3 mi
  • Eriksen Farm Open Space: 1.5 mi
  • Meckauer Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 52
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 3.7 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 9.2 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 46
  • South Beach: 4.6 mi
  • North Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 8.4 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 15
  • Lesser Evil: 1.0 mi
  • greek letter pi: 2.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 11.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.5 mi
  • Pond View: 11.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Stony Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver Bog MountainNW 313°358 m7.7 mi
Wanzer MountainNNW 329°346 m8.7 mi
Titicus MountainWNW 289°313 m5.6 mi
Great MountainNNW 344°310 m8.4 mi
Pine MountainSW 220°304 m6.5 mi
Cranson PeakSE 139°303 m5.5 mi
Moses MountainSW 215°296 m5.3 mi
Barlow MountainSW 215°290 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1943013 — Stony Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359287274

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