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Tinker Hill

Tinker Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tinker Hill rises to 53 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 357 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Briarwood Subdivision (G&P Stewart), a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808726, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
53 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.00843, -72.62870

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • D'Aleo Park: 1.7 mi
  • Enfield Town Green: 1.8 mi
  • Town Of Suffield (Hill Street & Russell Av.): 2.5 mi
  • Brainard Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Borgatti Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 1.9 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 2.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 2.7 mi
  • Omiskanoagwiah: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Side Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Front Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Front Garden: 2.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Freedom Eagle: 5.3 mi
  • The Three Graces: 5.3 mi
  • 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.7 mi
  • Miles Morgan: 6.7 mi
  • Birdicus Gigantium: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 47
  • New England Sky Screamer: 2.4 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.3 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.3 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.3 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 39
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 12.8 mi
  • Flag Rock: 17.7 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 17.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 17.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.9 mi
  • Rd: 12.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Tinker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainWNW 281°357 m12.7 mi
Drake MountainWNW 302°350 m12.6 mi
Sodom MountainWNW 289°326 m11.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 81°323 m11.5 mi
Bald MountainE 96°322 m11.2 mi
Pine MountainENE 78°319 m11.8 mi
Soapstone MountainESE 107°315 m11.6 mi
Bald MountainE 80°303 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211471 — Tinker Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359270394

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