Sunset Hill
Sunset Hill rises to 188 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the south-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (The Old Road), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808682, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.3 mi
- Candle wall: 2.0 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 5.0 mi
- Lieutenant Kevin Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 5.5 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 5.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 0.7 mi
- Sugar Hill: 1.4 mi
- Barnabas Hill: 1.5 mi
- Great Hill: 2.1 mi
- Taunton Hill: 2.5 mi
- The Pleasance: 0.9 mi
- Ram's Pasture: 1.1 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Everwonder Childrens Museum: 1.6 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.8 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 6.5 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Scott Fanton Museum: 7.3 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 6.5 mi
- Zoar Beach: 7.7 mi
- South Beach: 8.5 mi
- North Beach: 8.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.7 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.6 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 7.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.8 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 12.8 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 5.7 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.5 mi
- Southford Falls: 8.2 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 9.2 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 11.3 mi
- Millstone: 8.1 mi
- Millstone: 8.2 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 9.1 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 9.7 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.2 mi
- Lesser Evil: 5.6 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 6.2 mi
- greek letter pi: 7.2 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 7.8 mi
- Jean Widmark: 10.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 5.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 10.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 13.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 18.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.2 mi
- Pond View: 8.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 8.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 18.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.5 mi
- Fog Signal House: 21.6 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 23.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 19.5 mi
- Dicktown: 24.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Sunset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | SSW 197° | 303 m | 4.2 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WSW 243° | 286 m | 8.3 mi |
| Botsford Hill | N 349° | 267 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sweet Cake Mountain | WNW 294° | 265 m | 8.5 mi |
| Town Mountain | WSW 243° | 264 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 285° | 261 m | 7.6 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NNE 24° | 256 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bronson Mountain | NNE 18° | 255 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211295 — Sunset Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270153
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 23 mi
- Stamford · 26 mi
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