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Sunset Hill

Sunset Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sunset Hill rises to 95 m in Connecticut. Barlow Mountain stands 290 m to the north-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Honey Hill Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4843911

Wikidata Q31808680, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
95 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.25010, -73.43151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Leornard Bradley Plaque: 4.5 mi
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 4.7 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 7.0 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Compo Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Alvord Beach: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Sheep Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Cascade: 1.0 mi
  • Cascade: 1.3 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.5 mi
  • Annunaki: 7.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.4 mi
  • greek letter pi: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Weir House: 1.4 mi
  • 3-town marker: 3.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 7.6 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 10.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 3.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Sunset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barlow MountainNNW 327°290 m6.3 mi
West MountainNW 307°285 m6.2 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 322°283 m6.9 mi
Wooster MountainNNW 341°275 m7.2 mi
Bogus MountainN 2°254 m6.9 mi
Sunset HillNNE 31°253 m7.1 mi
Ivy HillNW 319°234 m3.1 mi
Prospect HillNW 305°228 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270144

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