Tower Hill
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
- 18.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Ridge Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Howard Easement: 1.3 mi
- Falls River Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Chittenden Hill Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Nature Trail Preserve: 2.0 mi
- 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
- Museum of Fife and Drum: 3.8 mi
- Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill: 4.7 mi
- Stanton House Museum: 5.4 mi
- Captain Elisha White House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Clinton Historical Society: 5.5 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 6.1 mi
- Grove Beach: 6.2 mi
- Clinton Beach: 6.3 mi
- West Beach: 6.4 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 6.4 mi
- Killingworth's World War Heroes: 2.5 mi
- Bill Wheeler: 3.8 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 4.4 mi
- Town Campus Playground: 5.1 mi
- The Rettich Farm Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Roast Meat Hill: 1.8 mi
- Post Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bushy Hill: 2.6 mi
- Buell Hill: 3.1 mi
- Cow Hill: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 6.5 mi
- Madison Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.3 mi
- Lillian's Garden: 9.6 mi
- 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
- Nineveh Falls: 4.9 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 7.7 mi
- Seven Falls: 10.9 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
- Totem Pole: 4.0 mi
- James Madison: 6.9 mi
- snake: 8.7 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 10.0 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 15.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 8.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 9.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.0 mi
- Chimney Corner: 12.6 mi
- 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
- Skate Hut: 20.8 mi
- Powder House: 20.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 9.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 11.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hill | NNW 338° | 201 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | NE 36° | 167 m | 9.0 mi |
| Long Hill | N 6° | 154 m | 6.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 13° | 138 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Archer | ENE 69° | 136 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 319° | 135 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wig Hill | NNE 28° | 128 m | 3.8 mi |
| Buell Hill | W 264° | 119 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270516
Day trips start here
- Essex · 7 mi
- Old Saybrook · 8 mi
- Old Lyme · 12 mi
- East Lyme · 15 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 18 mi
- Waterford · 19 mi
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