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Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Hill rises to 282 m in Connecticut. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookmoor Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
282 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89426, -72.37147

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crystal Springs: 1.0 mi
  • North Cemetery: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 3.1 mi
  • River Road Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 2.3 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.2 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 9.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 53
  • filled-in well: 5.8 mi
  • Goat Rock: 12.0 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.5 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 1.9 mi
  • sensory garden: 3.7 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Hockanum Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
  • Cascades: 7.3 mi
  • Cascades: 7.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic: 17.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Sugar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillENE 58°371 m10.5 mi
Snow HillENE 63°362 m9.3 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 64°361 m10.7 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 51°354 m9.1 mi
Tupper HillNNE 28°352 m10.8 mi
Bear HillNNE 29°347 m11.1 mi
Moss HillNNE 31°341 m11.4 mi
Chestnut HillN 6°332 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270121

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