Thompson Hill
Thompson Hill rises to 122 m in Connecticut. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Avon Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808717, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 122 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Town of Avon Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Thompson-Osborne Refuge: 0.8 mi
- Fisher Meadows Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Town Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Sycamore Hills Park: 1.2 mi
- Sperry Park: 2.1 mi
- Farmington Club: 2.5 mi
- Suburban Park: 2.6 mi
- Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pond Ledge Hill: 2.3 mi
- Ely Mound: 2.4 mi
- Avon Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Woodford Hill: 2.7 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 1.9 mi
- Unionville Museum: 2.8 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Stanley-Whitman House Museum: 4.6 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Carrals: 2.5 mi
- Swimming Pool: 2.5 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 2.5 mi
- Carousel: 2.5 mi
- Kettles: 2.6 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 2.6 mi
- Newton C. Brainard: 2.9 mi
- Asa Spaulding Porter: 3.6 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Jessie's Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Perennial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
- Shade Garden: 4.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.6 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 5.1 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 5.1 mi
- Burlington Falls: 6.0 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 6.1 mi
- Whigville Falls: 6.5 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 4.7 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.0 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 5.8 mi
- Painted Cow: 6.3 mi
- Sedna: 6.7 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.5 mi
- Hart Meadow: 2.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 2.5 mi
- Superstructure: 2.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 2.8 mi
- Boating Side: 14.5 mi
- Waterfront: 14.5 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 16.8 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 12.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 12.3 mi
- Big Spring: 14.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 14.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Thompson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | W 280° | 360 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | NNW 330° | 358 m | 8.2 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | WSW 254° | 354 m | 7.8 mi |
| Breezy Hill | NW 322° | 327 m | 7.7 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | WNW 295° | 310 m | 8.7 mi |
| West Ledge | N 350° | 305 m | 7.8 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WSW 254° | 300 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | SW 233° | 297 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211450 — Thompson Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270367
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 17 mi
- Longmeadow · 23 mi
- Somers · 25 mi
- Tolland · 25 mi
- Blandford · 28 mi
- Hampden · 29 mi
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