Walnut Hill
Walnut Hill rises to 242 m in Connecticut. Great Hill stands 292 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bucks Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 211786).
Wikidata Q31808792, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 242 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hidden Pond Park: 1.0 mi
- Phillips Farm Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Lovdal Farm Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Marra Scuppo Hill: 2.4 mi
- The Crossings: 2.4 mi
- Community House Park: 1.4 mi
- Ballantine Park: 2.4 mi
- George Ewald Park: 2.6 mi
- Union Square: 2.7 mi
- George Bennett Park: 2.7 mi
- Peter and Valerie Aiksnoras: 2.0 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 3.6 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 4.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth Site: 4.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 4.7 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 4.0 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 4.5 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 6.3 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 7.7 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 4.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 6.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 12.5 mi
- Waterfront: 12.6 mi
- Boating Side: 12.7 mi
- Bucks Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bullet Hill: 1.2 mi
- Preston Hill: 1.3 mi
- Woodruff Hill: 2.7 mi
- Scuppo Hill: 2.7 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 4.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Poet's Circle: 7.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 7.1 mi
- Biblical Garden: 7.1 mi
- Millstone: 1.6 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 10.0 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 11.2 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 11.3 mi
- Southford Falls: 1.6 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.9 mi
- Jean Widmark: 7.9 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.5 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.5 mi
- Maori Head: 8.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 4.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 12.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 13.0 mi
- Pond View: 11.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 22.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 22.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Walnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | NNE 28° | 292 m | 4.2 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | N 3° | 282 m | 4.2 mi |
| Andrews Hill | E 86° | 275 m | 4.3 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | ENE 76° | 273 m | 2.7 mi |
| Hoop Pole Hill | NNW 327° | 264 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Fair | NNE 32° | 258 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NW 310° | 256 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bronson Mountain | WNW 300° | 255 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359271601
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