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Wormwood Hill

Wormwood Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Wormwood Hill rises to 212 m in Connecticut. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lorraine Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
212 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81899, -72.19397

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mount Hope Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 2.7 mi
  • Ashford Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Southeast Park: 3.1 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 49
Attractions: 32
Waterfalls: 31
  • Codfish Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Little Muk Falls: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 14.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Wormwood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillN 355°362 m9.4 mi
Sky HillN 360°331 m9.1 mi
Whifford HillNNW 326°291 m6.0 mi
Westford HillN 360°290 m6.5 mi
Parker MountainNNW 335°275 m7.0 mi
Turkey HillNNE 13°271 m7.9 mi
Sharpe HillN 355°268 m6.5 mi
Sprague HillENE 63°257 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272427

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