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Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Hill rises to 213 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the south-southwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Castle Hill Road), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808672, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
213 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.40232, -73.32540

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • The Pleasance: 1.1 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 1.1 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 6.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.7 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.7 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 12.3 mi
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 7.9 mi
  • South Beach: 8.7 mi
  • North Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Southford Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.2 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.1 mi
  • Millstone: 9.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 20
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 5.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.7 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 7.4 mi
  • Pond View: 7.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Sugar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakSSW 193°303 m2.8 mi
Moses MountainWSW 248°296 m7.8 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 250°286 m7.3 mi
Wooster MountainWSW 244°275 m8.7 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 248°272 m8.4 mi
Botsford HillN 354°267 m8.9 mi
Sweet Cake MountainWNW 303°265 m8.6 mi
Town MountainWSW 251°264 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359287301

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