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Whites Hill

Whites Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Whites Hill rises to 231 m in Connecticut. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Herrick Memorial Park, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
231 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.77149, -72.45508
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lake Street Parklet: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam: 2.4 mi
  • Indian Notch Park: 2.6 mi
  • Munro Park: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites: 57
Attractions: 57
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.8 mi
  • filled-in well: 4.3 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 6.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 6.5 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Case Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 4.0 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Whites Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNE294 m8.4 mi
Kendall HillNNE290 m11.4 mi
Grant HillNE284 m4.7 mi
Sugar HillNNE282 m9.5 mi
Reed HillNNE275 m5.8 mi
MannantuckSSW273 m4.4 mi
John Tom HillSSW272 m4.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW265 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 212086 — Whites Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359272131

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