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Tolland Hill

Tolland Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tolland Hill rises to 246 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is River Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808736, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
246 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.94315, -72.31036

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Haymarket Square: 0.8 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Olympic Circle: 1.2 mi
  • Olympic Park: 1.4 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.9 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 6.5 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 9.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 54
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.4 mi
  • Goat Rock: 10.3 mi
  • filled-in well: 10.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.1 mi
  • sensory garden: 8.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 9.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
  • Cascades: 9.2 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Rd: 24.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 12.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 3.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 3.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Tolland Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 46°396 m7.3 mi
Bald HillENE 70°371 m6.2 mi
Stickney HillENE 62°371 m7.4 mi
Snow HillE 81°362 m5.2 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 79°361 m6.6 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 60°354 m4.6 mi
Tupper HillNNE 18°352 m6.4 mi
Bear HillNNE 20°347 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211493 — Tolland Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359270425

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