Whifford Hill
Whifford Hill rises to 291 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Jared Sparks Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 291 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Jared Sparks Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Hancock Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Ruby Road Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Moose Meadow Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Pinecrest Road Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 1.1 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 4.8 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 5.7 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 5.8 mi
- River Road Park: 1.7 mi
- Halls Pond Swim Area: 3.2 mi
- Heritage Park: 4.8 mi
- Haymarket Square: 4.9 mi
- Ashford Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 5.7 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 5.7 mi
- The Arc: 5.7 mi
- The Walking Wall: 5.7 mi
- Harvest Joy: 5.7 mi
- Holt Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Parker Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Wenberg Hill: 2.1 mi
- Brackett Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sharpe Hill: 3.2 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 1.9 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Old root cellar: 6.1 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 7.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 5.6 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 5.6 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 5.6 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 5.9 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 9.4 mi
- filled-in well: 10.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.8 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 12.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 9.6 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 10.2 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 12.7 mi
- Case Falls: 14.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 3.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 7.2 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 14.9 mi
- Streeter Beach: 16.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 7.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.0 mi
- Indian Leap: 22.0 mi
- Picnic: 12.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 12.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Whifford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | NNE 17° | 396 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 29° | 371 m | 6.5 mi |
| Stickney Hill | NNE 29° | 371 m | 8.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | NNE 30° | 362 m | 5.0 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | NE 38° | 361 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NNE 13° | 354 m | 6.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 327° | 332 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sky Hill | NE 39° | 331 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 212064 — Whifford Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359272087
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