Towantic Hill
Towantic Hill rises to 219 m in Connecticut. Blackmans Hill stands 282 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacks Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little River Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Beacon Falls Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Gunntown Passive Park and Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Matthies Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Fodder's Folly: 2.6 mi
- Andrew Mountain Park: 1.9 mi
- Beacon Falls Town Recreation Field: 2.1 mi
- Victory Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Volunteer Park: 2.5 mi
- Fairchild Park: 2.6 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 3.5 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 7.4 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 7.5 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 5.6 mi
- Zoar Beach: 6.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.2 mi
- Waterfront: 12.3 mi
- Boating Side: 12.3 mi
- Jacks Hill: 0.9 mi
- Hunters Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.5 mi
- Andrews Hill: 1.7 mi
- Sanford Hill: 2.0 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 2.6 mi
- Fountain: 3.3 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 3.3 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 4.6 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 5.7 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 6.2 mi
- Poet's Circle: 6.3 mi
- Biblical Garden: 6.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 6.3 mi
- Millstone: 3.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.4 mi
- Rock House: 12.3 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 13.3 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 13.4 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- Southford Falls: 3.1 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 8.1 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.1 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.2 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.2 mi
- Maori Head: 7.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 11.2 mi
- Bethel Rock: 7.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 12.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.4 mi
- Pond View: 12.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 20.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 21.4 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 21.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.9 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Towantic Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmans Hill | NNW 329° | 282 m | 6.4 mi |
| Andrews Hill | NNE 28° | 275 m | 1.7 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | NNW 335° | 273 m | 2.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 53° | 263 m | 7.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 67° | 260 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | ENE 71° | 259 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Fair | N 1° | 258 m | 6.9 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | E 84° | 253 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211521 — Towantic Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270503
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