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West Hill

West Hill, seen from above at true elevation

West Hill rises to 140 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bristol Memorial Military Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
140 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67926, -72.95344

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 0.6 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 2.7 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 2.8 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Tory's Den: 3.6 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 3.8 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 4.1 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 4.3 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 59
Artworks: 48
  • Home: 8.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 9.7 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 9.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 9.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Petro Cliffs: 3.4 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 3.4 mi
  • Green Wall: 6.4 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 6.4 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 14.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of West Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainNNW 338°354 m5.6 mi
Guernsey HillWNW 283°346 m9.6 mi
Scoville HillNW 307°340 m9.1 mi
South MountainS 172°313 m2.1 mi
Lindsley HillS 189°312 m3.9 mi
Camp HillW 280°311 m8.5 mi
Lattin HillW 273°310 m8.1 mi
Walnut HillW 272°307 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359290641

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