Tower Hill
Tower Hill rises to 185 m in Connecticut. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Harvey Preserve, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 7.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 29.8 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Harvey Preserve: 0.0 mi
- Elizabeth Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Simpson–Wood Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Boulder Lane Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Agnes' Pasture: 1.4 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 0.8 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 1.7 mi
- Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
- Southeast Park: 2.4 mi
- Ashford Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.1 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 2.4 mi
- Snow Hill: 3.0 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.1 mi
- Clark Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 4.4 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 5.0 mi
- J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum: 5.2 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 2.7 mi
- Old root cellar: 3.4 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.3 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 8.0 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 1.9 mi
- Codfish Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cascades: 6.5 mi
- Cascades: 6.5 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 10.0 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 4.4 mi
- U’s and C’s: 4.5 mi
- Copper Tower: 4.6 mi
- The Fallen: 4.8 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 4.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 3.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 6.8 mi
- Frog Rock: 7.3 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 7.7 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.3 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 5.0 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.1 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.1 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 5.6 mi
- Coney Rock: 2.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 2.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Flag Rock: 15.0 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 24.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 14.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 15.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 9.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 5.5 mi
- Picnic: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | NW 321° | 291 m | 8.3 mi |
| Westford Hill | NNW 347° | 290 m | 8.2 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNW 328° | 275 m | 9.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 359° | 271 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | NNW 343° | 268 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NE 44° | 257 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NE 46° | 252 m | 7.8 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | NE 44° | 251 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270543
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 5 mi
- Willimantic · 6 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 11 mi
- Tolland · 12 mi
- Union · 13 mi
- Woodstock · 14 mi
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