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Wood Key Hill

Wood Key Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Wood Key Hill rises to 248 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808843, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
248 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63593, -73.01038

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Buttermilk Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Cascade: 3.8 mi
  • Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Buttermilk Falls Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
  • Peterson Park: 2.1 mi
  • Wolcott Dog Park: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Playground: 2.8 mi
  • Baldwin Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.6 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 4.4 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 5.7 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 56
Artworks: 50
  • Ben Franklin: 5.9 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 5.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 5.9 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 6.0 mi
  • Home: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 2.5 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 4.1 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 5.7 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 5.8 mi
  • Green Wall: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 16.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Pond View: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Wood Key Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainN 6°354 m8.2 mi
Guernsey HillNW 309°346 m8.2 mi
Scoville HillNNW 333°340 m9.5 mi
South MountainENE 75°313 m3.4 mi
Lindsley HillESE 111°312 m2.5 mi
Camp HillNW 309°311 m7.0 mi
Lattin HillWNW 304°310 m6.1 mi
Walnut HillWNW 301°307 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272342

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