Swantown Hill
Swantown Hill rises to 132 m in Connecticut. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wintechog Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 132 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 13.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 14.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.1 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 6.1 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 7.6 mi
- Denison Homestead: 7.8 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 7.8 mi
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 3.1 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 3.3 mi
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Sawmill Park: 3.8 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cossaduck Hill: 1.1 mi
- Barns Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lantern Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prentice Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Wintechog Hill Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Lake of Isles Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Lantern Hill Pond Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Jessica Lane Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Long Pond Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
- Cellar Hole: 1.5 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 4.3 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 8.0 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 8.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 8.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 8.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 9.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 10.2 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 10.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 10.8 mi
- Stone Turtle: 3.5 mi
- Penguin: 7.1 mi
- Giant Gnome: 7.2 mi
- Mjolnir: 7.2 mi
- Mystic Blue: 8.0 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.5 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 8.5 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 9.2 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 10.6 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.4 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.5 mi
- Yantic Falls: 9.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 12.7 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 15.6 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.9 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 16.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 13.1 mi
- Powder House: 13.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 15.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.4 mi
- Big Beach: 22.1 mi
- Old Spring: 5.0 mi
- Factory Pond: 17.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 12.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Swantown Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 335° | 163 m | 1.7 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ENE 68° | 158 m | 3.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 13° | 155 m | 1.4 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | ENE 64° | 153 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bay Mountain | N 6° | 152 m | 4.6 mi |
| Stewart Hill | E 84° | 149 m | 2.1 mi |
| Ayer Hill | WNW 288° | 144 m | 1.9 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | S 184° | 139 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211314 — Swantown Hill, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270173
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