Walnut Tree Hill
Walnut Tree Hill rises to 171 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Nike Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 171 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nike Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
- Huntington Green: 1.4 mi
- Capewell Park: 2.1 mi
- Monroe Green: 2.6 mi
- Monroe Center Historic District: 2.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Suren Lane, Rear): 0.2 mi
- Boehm Pond Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Mohegan Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Fairlane Drive, Rear): 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Cali Drive): 1.5 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 3.9 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 4.7 mi
- Americana Museum: 5.7 mi
- Boothe Memorial Museum: 5.8 mi
- Zoar Beach: 5.2 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 7.3 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 8.4 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 9.0 mi
- Walnut Beach: 9.0 mi
- Lower White Hills: 1.4 mi
- Israel Hill: 1.6 mi
- Booth Hill: 2.0 mi
- Isinglass Hill: 2.2 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.6 mi
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- The Vine Sign: 4.8 mi
- The Castle: 5.0 mi
- Witek Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Eklund Garden: 2.5 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 3.1 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 4.8 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 8.6 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.6 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.2 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 9.4 mi
- Millstone: 10.4 mi
- 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
- Mother Mary: 3.1 mi
- Heron: 4.4 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.8 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 8.4 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 15.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 16.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 21.3 mi
- Pond View: 3.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 3.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 3.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 20.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 20.6 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 9.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 11.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 19.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 10.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Walnut Tree Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranson Peak | WNW 294° | 303 m | 9.6 mi |
| Eden Hill | WNW 284° | 240 m | 7.7 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 10° | 223 m | 8.5 mi |
| Redding Ridge | W 274° | 214 m | 9.6 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NNW 340° | 206 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 359° | 205 m | 9.2 mi |
| Meekers Hill | W 272° | 203 m | 9.0 mi |
| Great Hill | NE 35° | 202 m | 4.8 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359271614
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 25 mi
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