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Turkey Hill

Turkey Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Turkey Hill rises to 62 m in Connecticut. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 211596)

Wikidata Q31808761, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
62 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.28121, -73.07177

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 54
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 3.0 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 3.8 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Farmill River Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Cascades: 2.6 mi
  • Cascade: 2.6 mi
  • Cascade: 2.9 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 22
Attractions: 20
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 4.1 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.3 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.5 mi
  • Millstone: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 1.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 1.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Pond View: 8.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Turkey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW 344°231 m8.7 mi
Great HillNNW 338°202 m6.1 mi
Barn HillNW 307°200 m7.3 mi
Moose HillWNW 297°198 m7.8 mi
Israel HillWNW 300°192 m6.5 mi
Rockhouse HillNNW 334°192 m8.0 mi
Round HillNNE 26°190 m8.1 mi
Bugg HillWNW 291°189 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270675

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