Straits Hill
Straits Hill rises to 95 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808666, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 95 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space: 0.5 mi
- YMCA Camp Ingersoll: 0.6 mi
- Portland Air Line Trail Spur: 0.9 mi
- Pecausett Harper Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Pecausett Johnson Kalinowsky Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Riverfront Park: 1.4 mi
- Bill Nolan Field: 1.8 mi
- Portland Recreational Complex: 1.8 mi
- Tomasso Ballfield: 2.1 mi
- Agogliati Field: 2.1 mi
- Portland Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 2.7 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 3.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 2.6 mi
- First Tear: 3.6 mi
- Face in Tree: 4.5 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.4 mi
- Home: 11.6 mi
- Duck Hill: 1.1 mi
- Crow Hill: 1.2 mi
- White Rock: 1.2 mi
- Collins Hill: 1.6 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.6 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 5.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.1 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.8 mi
- Portland Civil War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 2.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 2.4 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 3.6 mi
- grindstone: 3.8 mi
- George Washington rock: 4.2 mi
- Bible Rock: 4.3 mi
- Glen Falls: 2.1 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 2.7 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 3.7 mi
- Seven Falls: 4.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 18.4 mi
- East Rive Beach: 20.8 mi
- Circle Beach: 20.9 mi
- Crow Point: 9.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Green Wall: 15.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 8.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Straits Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | W 261° | 272 m | 7.3 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | NE 35° | 265 m | 5.2 mi |
| Clark Hill | ENE 64° | 241 m | 4.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NE 44° | 228 m | 4.1 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 70° | 222 m | 2.5 mi |
| Camels Hump | WSW 257° | 207 m | 7.5 mi |
| Baker Hill | ENE 77° | 204 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | S 172° | 199 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270065
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Willimantic · 22 mi
- Old Lyme · 23 mi
- East Lyme · 24 mi
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