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Westside Hill

Westside Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Westside Hill rises to 156 m in Connecticut. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rowland Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808817, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
156 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.55149, -73.06150
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Chase Park: 0.3 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Permaculture Area: 0.5 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 1.1 mi
Gardens
  • Sustainable Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 0.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Waterfalls: 56
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 48
Attractions: 47
Artworks: 33
  • Whale Sculpture: 0.9 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 0.9 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 0.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 1.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 4.8 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 6.5 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 12.0 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Pond View: 18.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillNE 45°312 m7.0 mi
Clinton HillNNE 31°303 m5.3 mi
Becar HillNE 38°297 m6.1 mi
Pine HillN 4°295 m7.8 mi
Great HillWSW 252°292 m4.0 mi
Fall MountainNNE 30°284 m7.4 mi
Blackmans HillW 263°282 m5.6 mi
Southington MountainENE 60°281 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1933130 — Westside Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359283491

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