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Wig Hill

Wig Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Wig Hill rises to 128 m in Connecticut. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the west-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Park On Pattaconk Brook, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
128 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.40482, -72.48537

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Pattaconk Lake Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • North Quarter Park: 2.1 mi
  • Killingworth Recreational Park: 3.0 mi
  • Plattwood Park: 3.0 mi
  • Devitt Field: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Collier's Hut Remains: 2.6 mi
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.0 mi
  • Killingworth's World War Heroes: 5.1 mi
  • Suellen Kozy McCuin: 6.4 mi
  • Bill Wheeler: 6.8 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 51
  • Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 50
Attractions: 37
  • Historic Ferry: 2.9 mi
  • Stone Table: 4.1 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Mill Turbine: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 23
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Wig Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goose HillWNW 303°201 m4.9 mi
Tater HillENE 59°179 m7.5 mi
Bald HillNE 41°167 m5.3 mi
Long HillNNW 339°154 m3.0 mi
Bunker HillWNW 284°153 m7.6 mi
Turkey HillNNW 328°140 m2.4 mi
Turkey HillNW 318°138 m1.1 mi
Mount ArcherE 91°136 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272163

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