Turkey Hill
Turkey Hill rises to 263 m in Connecticut. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the north-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is East Mountain Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 211601).
Wikidata Q31808762, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- East Mountain Park: 0.6 mi
- Scott Road Park: 1.0 mi
- Hotchkiss Field: 1.1 mi
- Fairlawn Playground: 1.8 mi
- Curtin Park: 1.8 mi
- Raudis Farm: 0.7 mi
- Luke Street Wetland: 1.8 mi
- Sloping Acres Park: 2.5 mi
- Josephine's Woods Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Kathan Woods: 2.6 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 3.3 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 3.4 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 5.4 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 8.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 2.1 mi
- Great Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.3 mi
- Hopkins Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 4.1 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 4.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
- Biblical Garden: 4.2 mi
- Poet's Circle: 4.2 mi
- Carrie Welton Fountain: 3.2 mi
- Clock-On-The-Green: 3.2 mi
- Veterans Monument: 3.3 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 3.3 mi
- Father McGivney Monument: 3.3 mi
- Maori Head: 2.7 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 3.1 mi
- Ben Franklin: 3.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 3.2 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 13.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 3.3 mi
- Waterfront: 7.9 mi
- Boating Side: 8.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 8.3 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 12.6 mi
- Libby's Lump: 7.9 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.8 mi
- Rock House: 9.3 mi
- Millstone: 9.7 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 13.5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 4.0 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 8.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 10.6 mi
- Ravens Roost: 13.5 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.0 mi
- Pond View: 18.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 18.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 19.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 19.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Turkey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsley Hill | NNE 14° | 312 m | 7.1 mi |
| Clinton Hill | N 356° | 303 m | 6.6 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 71° | 301 m | 8.5 mi |
| Becar Hill | N 5° | 297 m | 6.8 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | NNE 22° | 290 m | 8.2 mi |
| Fall Mountain | N 3° | 284 m | 8.5 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | W 278° | 282 m | 8.9 mi |
| Southington Mountain | NNE 26° | 281 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 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 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270697
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