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Windy Hill

Windy Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Windy Hill rises to 220 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tax Lien, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.28815, -73.42373

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Olmstead Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Memorial Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 4.1 mi
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Southport Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Burying Hill Beach: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 5.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Saugatuck Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade: 2.8 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Weir House: 2.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 3.0 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 7.1 mi
  • Earthplace: 10.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 5.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.5 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 9.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Windy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 323°304 m5.5 mi
Cranson PeakNE 41°303 m6.8 mi
Bailey MountainWNW 284°299.314 m6.8 mi
Moses MountainNNW 336°296 m5.4 mi
Barlow MountainNW 304°290 m4.7 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 342°286 m5.7 mi
West MountainWNW 282°285 m5.5 mi
Ned MountainNW 310°284 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272292

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