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Tower Hill

Tower Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tower Hill rises to 126 m in Connecticut. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Ridge Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808742, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
126 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.35649, -72.51898

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Irene Sheldon Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
  • Plattwood Park: 2.9 mi
  • Indian River Recreation Complex: 3.3 mi
  • Pattaconk Lake Boat Launch: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens: 48
  • Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 40
Attractions: 34
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 1.8 mi
  • Stone Table: 2.9 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 6.2 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 8.7 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goose HillNNW 338°201 m6.5 mi
Bald HillNE 36°167 m9.0 mi
Long HillN 6°154 m6.2 mi
Bunker HillNW 312°153 m7.6 mi
Turkey HillN 5°140 m5.4 mi
Turkey HillNNE 13°138 m4.3 mi
Mount ArcherENE 69°136 m8.9 mi
Bunker HillNW 319°135 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270516

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