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Towner Hill

Towner Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Towner Hill rises to 274 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Towner Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808752, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
274 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.58659, -73.47642

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 1.1 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 2.4 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 7.2 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 8.8 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 10.1 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Colonial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sherman Town Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sega Meadows Park: 1.5 mi
  • Little League Field: 1.9 mi
Museums: 42
Waterfalls: 36
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascades: 7.3 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Personal Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Judea Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 10
  • Jean Widmark: 10.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 12.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 12.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 15.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Towner Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 272°405 m3.4 mi
Schaghticoke MountainNNW 341°404 m7.2 mi
Bear HillNE 39°390 m6.3 mi
Birch HillSW 223°386 m6.1 mi
Cranberry MountainSW 218°376 m7.3 mi
Branch HillWSW 250°370 m3.0 mi
Seeley HillW 279°368 m3.5 mi
Turner MountainW 265°362 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211540 — Towner Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359270590

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