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Sunset Hill

Sunset Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sunset Hill rises to 95 m in Connecticut. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the northwest, 7.6 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

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Coordinates41.25010, -73.43151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
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
Peaks
Historic sites: 53
  • 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
Gardens: 53
  • 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
Nature reserves
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: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
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 7.6 miles of Sunset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNW299 m7.6 mi
Barlow MountainNNW290 m6.3 mi
West MountainNW285 m6.2 mi
Seth Low MountainNW283 m6.9 mi
Wooster MountainNNW275 m7.2 mi
Bogus MountainN254 m6.9 mi
Sunset HillNNE253 m7.1 mi
Ivy HillNW234 m3.1 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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