Thunder Hill
Thunder Hill rises to 265 m in Connecticut. Coye Hill stands 331 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Coatney Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 265 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Paul and Avis Spalding Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Hill Refuge: 1.5 mi
- Williams Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Bishop Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Pole Bridge Road Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 2.5 mi
- Town Commons: 2.6 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Beeches Recreation Park: 5.0 mi
- Pomfret Green: 5.1 mi
- Coatney Hill: 0.4 mi
- Aplin Hill: 0.6 mi
- Joe Margy Hill: 0.7 mi
- Hammond Hill: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 1.0 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 8.0 mi
- Servant Square: 8.1 mi
- The Gold Star Mother: 8.3 mi
- Southbridge Honor Roll: 8.3 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 6.7 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 12.6 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 13.3 mi
- Motion: 10.3 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 15.1 mi
- U’s and C’s: 15.2 mi
- Copper Tower: 15.2 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 15.3 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.1 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 5.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 6.0 mi
- Path Continues: 14.6 mi
- Cellar Hole: 16.1 mi
- Small House Garden: 11.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 15.3 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 15.4 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 15.4 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 4.8 mi
- Streeter Beach: 12.1 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 12.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 15.5 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 17.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 6.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 13.1 mi
- Codfish Falls: 13.6 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 20.9 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 21.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 16.2 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.5 mi
- Bara-Hack: 5.1 mi
- Picnic: 5.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Thunder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coye Hill | WNW 293° | 331 m | 5.5 mi |
| Walker Mountain | WNW 281° | 325 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hatchet Hill | NNW 331° | 313 m | 5.7 mi |
| Corbin Hill | NW 309° | 289 m | 4.4 mi |
| Coatney Hill | ENE 57° | 283 m | 0.4 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | NNW 339° | 281 m | 0.7 mi |
| Coburn Hill | WNW 297° | 277 m | 3.9 mi |
| Aplin Hill | NW 304° | 276 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1924789 — Thunder Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359278870
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