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Umpawaug Hill

Umpawaug Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Umpawaug Hill rises to 195 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Herman-Setaside, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31808770, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.30593, -73.42457

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
  • Memorial Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 3.3 mi
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 4.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.3 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.4 mi
  • South Beach: 11.9 mi
  • North Beach: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Saugatuck Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Cascade: 4.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascade: 4.6 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 3-town marker: 3.6 mi
  • Weir House: 3.7 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 6.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 17
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.5 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 4.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.6 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Umpawaug Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 314°304 m4.5 mi
Cranson PeakNE 49°303 m6.0 mi
Bailey MountainW 274°299.314 m6.6 mi
Moses MountainNNW 330°296 m4.3 mi
Barlow MountainWNW 290°290 m4.1 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 338°286 m4.5 mi
West MountainW 269°285 m5.3 mi
Ned MountainWNW 301°284 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211647 — Umpawaug Hill, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359271296

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