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Taunton Hill

Taunton Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Taunton Hill rises to 251 m in Connecticut. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Holcombe Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
251 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.39648, -73.35040

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • The Pleasance: 2.5 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 2.5 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Bennett Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.4 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 12.0 mi
Beaches
  • South Beach: 8.0 mi
  • North Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade: 10.5 mi
  • Southford Falls: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 8.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.9 mi
  • Millstone: 10.4 mi
  • Millstone: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 20
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 5.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.1 mi
  • Pond View: 8.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Taunton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainWNW 294°313 m9.0 mi
Pine MountainWSW 246°304 m7.8 mi
Cranson PeakSSE 165°303 m2.4 mi
Moses MountainWSW 247°296 m6.5 mi
Barlow MountainWSW 238°290 m9.1 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 249°286 m5.9 mi
Wooster MountainWSW 243°275 m7.4 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 248°272 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270268

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