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Thunder Hill

Thunder Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.95287, -72.02646

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 2.5 mi
  • Town Commons: 2.6 mi
  • Town Commons: 2.9 mi
  • Ivy Glen Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Beeches Recreation Park: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.1 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 5.9 mi
  • Frog Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 37
Artworks: 33
Gardens: 19
  • Small House Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 15.3 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cargill Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Cascades: 16.4 mi
  • Cascades: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 14.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 5.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coye HillWNW 293°331 m5.5 mi
Walker MountainWNW 281°325 m5.8 mi
Hatchet HillNNW 331°313 m5.7 mi
Corbin HillNW 309°289 m4.4 mi
Coatney HillENE 57°283 m0.4 mi
Joe Margy HillNNW 339°281 m0.7 mi
Chandler HillW 276°278 m4.5 mi
Coburn HillWNW 297°277 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1419:4520:28
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1315:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962504031
Precip in3.83.54.44.63.44.54.04.23.94.84.24.7

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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