Tinker Hill
Tinker Hill rises to 364 m in Connecticut. Whitcomb Hill stands 459 m to the north, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 364 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve: 0.2 mi
- Washington Public Beach: 0.8 mi
- Lake Waramaug State Park: 1.5 mi
- Above All State Park: 2.6 mi
- Kahn Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Tower Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Bushnell: 0.5 mi
- New Preston Hill: 1.0 mi
- Windy Hill: 1.2 mi
- Golf Course Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lake Waramaug Boat Ramp (Town of Washington): 0.8 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 1.0 mi
- Town Green: 3.9 mi
- Bryan Plaza: 4.1 mi
- Sunnyfield: 4.2 mi
- Mill Ruins: 1.1 mi
- Jim Hulton: 7.0 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 8.0 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 9.0 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 9.7 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 4.9 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 5.9 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 6.4 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 7.9 mi
- White Memorial Conservation Center: 8.1 mi
- New Preston Falls: 1.0 mi
- Kent Falls: 6.3 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 10.2 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 11.0 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 11.6 mi
- Peter's Forge: 4.1 mi
- Indian village: 5.8 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 5.9 mi
- New Milford Tank: 8.1 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 8.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 1.6 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 11.3 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 13.1 mi
- Personal Gardens: 17.2 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 17.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.0 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 10.5 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 10.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.8 mi
- Grand Staircase: 6.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 8.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.5 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 9.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 19.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 19.0 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 19.1 mi
- Lesser Evil: 19.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 20.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 7.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Tinker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitcomb Hill | N 355° | 459 m | 7.0 mi |
| Above All | NNE 13° | 450 m | 2.7 mi |
| Peck Mountain | N 10° | 447 m | 7.0 mi |
| Town Hill | NNE 31° | 429 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | NNW 328° | 428 m | 4.5 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NNW 346° | 426 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mauwee Peak | NW 323° | 426 m | 5.0 mi |
| Flanders Mountain | NNW 327° | 422 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211470 — Tinker Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270392
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- Putnam County · 27 mi
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