Sunset Hill
Sunset Hill rises to 253 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Couch Hill Preserve, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808681, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 253 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Couch Hill Preserve: 0.0 mi
- R. Storm: 0.6 mi
- Dalessio: 0.8 mi
- Kurpiewski Easement: 0.8 mi
- S.P. Kurpiewski: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Monument: 1.1 mi
- Officer's Quarters: 1.2 mi
- Lieutenant Kevin Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 3.6 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Lions Club: 5.2 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 1.1 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 5.3 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 5.5 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 5.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Redding Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Codfish Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cranson Peak: 2.1 mi
- Meekers Hill: 2.2 mi
- Overlook Park: 3.3 mi
- Town Green: 3.5 mi
- P. T. Barnum Square: 3.5 mi
- Parloa Park: 3.8 mi
- Bennett Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.5 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 8.5 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 7.6 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 8.7 mi
- Zoar Beach: 10.1 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 10.9 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 2.2 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 6.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 2.6 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 3.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 6.2 mi
- greek letter pi: 7.1 mi
- Heron: 11.2 mi
- 3-town marker: 4.3 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.9 mi
- Weir House: 7.4 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.8 mi
- Millstone: 13.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 6.6 mi
- Pond View: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 7.1 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 12.7 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 13.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 15.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 18.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 18.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 18.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 15.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.2 mi
- Dicktown: 23.5 mi
- The Silver Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Sunset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | W 278° | 304 m | 6.6 mi |
| Cranson Peak | NE 35° | 303 m | 2.1 mi |
| Moses Mountain | WNW 286° | 296 m | 5.6 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | W 264° | 290 m | 7.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 292° | 286 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wooster Mountain | W 277° | 275 m | 6.0 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WNW 283° | 272 m | 6.1 mi |
| Town Mountain | WNW 299° | 264 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270150
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 19 mi
- Putnam County · 21 mi
- Valhalla · 27 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 28 mi
- Port Chester · 28 mi
- Purchase · 28 mi
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