List of mountains and summits in Fairfield County, Connecticut facts for kids
Fairfield County, Connecticut, has many interesting hills and mountains. This article lists the highest points, also known as summits, in the county. You'll find details like how tall they are, where they are located, and which town they are in.
Exploring Fairfield County's Summits
Fairfield County is known for its beautiful landscapes, which include many hills and mountains. These natural features are important for local wildlife and offer great views for people who enjoy hiking and exploring. The highest point in a mountain or hill is called its summit.
Below is a list of some of the notable summits in Fairfield County. The table shows their names, how high they are (their elevation), their exact location (coordinates), and the town they are in.
Summit | Elevation | Coordinates | Municipality | Comment |
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Academy Hill Summit | 23 feet (7.0 m) | 41°10′19″N 73°07′37″W / 41.172042°N 73.127054°W | Stratford | northeast of Sikorsky Memorial Airport, about 1 kilometer south of Academy Hill Park (the Summit is not in the park) |
Bagburn Hill Summit | 610 feet (190 m) | 41°21′38″N 73°11′41″W / 41.360652°N 73.194835°W | Botsford | town of Newtown |
Bald Hill Summit | 604 feet (184 m) | 41°12′50″N 73°28′39″W / 41.213985°N 73.477623°W | Wilton | |
Bald Mountain Summit | 23 feet (7.0 m) | 41°07′57″N 73°21′42″W / 41.132597°N 73.361784°W | Saugatuck | town of Westport |
Barnabas Hill Summit | 656 feet (200 m) | 41°25′16″N 73°20′34″W / 41.421206°N 73.342896°W | Hawleyville | town of Newtown |
Barlow Mountain Summit | 837 feet (255 m) | 41°18′57″N 73°29′44″W / 41.315928°N 73.495679°W | Ridgefield | |
Bear Mountain Summit | 856 feet (261 m) | 41°26′57″N 73°27′24″W / 41.449261°N 73.456789°W | New Fairfield | |
Beaver Bog Mountain Summit | 1,175 feet (358 m) | 41°29′54″N 73°30′59″W / 41.498427°N 73.516513°W | New Fairfield | |
Beaver Brook Mountain Summit | 587 feet (179 m) | 41°25′55″N 73°25′02″W / 41.432039°N 73.417343°W | Brookfield | |
Belden Hill Summit | 344 feet (105 m) | 41°10′16″N 73°26′19″W / 41.171207°N 73.438732°W | Wilton | |
Benjamin Hill Summit | 148 feet (45 m) | 41°07′59″N 73°20′30″W / 41.133152°N 73.341784°W | Saugatuck | |
Biddle Hill Summit | 732 feet (223 m) | 41°16′11″N 73°28′25″W / 41.269818°N 73.473734°W | Georgetown | |
Bogus Hill Summit | 541 feet (165 m) | 41°30′29″N 73°27′48″W / 41.50815°N 73.463456°W | New Fairfield | |
Bogus Mountain Summit | 837 feet (255 m) | 41°20′57″N 73°25′36″W / 41.349262°N 73.426788°W | Bethel | |
Booth Hill Summit | 525 feet (160 m) | 41°16′45″N 73°11′06″W / 41.279263°N 73.185113°W | Trumbull | |
Branchville Hill Summit | 738 feet (225 m) | 41°15′55″N 73°27′57″W / 41.265373°N 73.465956°W | Georgetown | |
Briggs Hill Summit | 1,060 feet (320 m) | 41°33′17″N 73°29′39″W / 41.554816°N 73.494291°W | Sherman | |
Bugg Hill Summit | 620 feet (190 m) | 41°19′27″N 73°13′09″W / 41.324263°N 73.219281°W | Stepney | town of Monroe |
Cains Hill Summit | 699 feet (213 m) | 41°17′45″N 73°27′57″W / 41.295929°N 73.465956°W | Ridgefield | |
Camfield Hill Summit | 404 feet (123 m) | 41°12′57″N 73°21′35″W / 41.215929°N 73.359841°W | Weston | |
Canoe Hill Summit | 459 feet (140 m) | 41°09′56″N 73°28′49″W / 41.165652°N 73.4804°W | New Canaan | |
Catamount Hill Summit | 308 feet (94 m) | 41°11′10″N 73°19′26″W / 41.186207°N 73.324006°W | Weston | |
Cedar Hill Summit | 607 feet (185 m) | 41°23′10″N 73°17′57″W / 41.386207°N 73.299284°W | Newtown | |
Cedar Mountain Summit | 617 feet (188 m) | 41°16′32″N 73°26′48″W / 41.275651°N 73.446789°W | Georgetown | |
Charcoal Hill Summit | 207 feet (63 m) | 41°10′39″N 73°20′27″W / 41.177596°N 73.340951°W | Saugatuck | |
Chestnut Hill Summit | 338 feet (103 m) | 41°11′01″N 73°23′44″W / 41.183707°N 73.395675°W | Wilton | |
Christie Hill Summit | 213 feet (65 m) | 41°05′08″N 73°30′20″W / 41.085652°N 73.505678°W | Springdale | |
Church Hill Summit | 331 feet (101 m) | 41°08′55″N 73°29′42″W / 41.148707°N 73.495122°W | New Canaan | |
Clapboard Hill Summit | 141 feet (43 m) | 41°07′30″N 73°19′21″W / 41.125097°N 73.322616°W | Greens Farms | |
Compo Hill Summit | 112 feet (34 m) | 41°06′50″N 73°20′59″W / 41.113986°N 73.349839°W | Saugatuck | |
Comstock Hill Summit | 259 feet (79 m) | 41°08′50″N 73°27′12″W / 41.147318°N 73.453454°W | Norwalk | |
Comstock Knoll Summit | 538 feet (164 m) | 41°12′22″N 73°27′42″W / 41.206207°N 73.461789°W | Wilton | |
Coolfish Hill Summit | 699 feet (213 m) | 41°22′00″N 73°21′56″W / 41.366762°N 73.365675°W | Bethel | |
Coram Hill Summit | 427 feet (130 m) | 41°17′51″N 73°05′02″W / 41.297597°N 73.083997°W | Huntington | |
Davis Hill Summit | 463 feet (141 m) | 41°14′26″N 73°21′06″W / 41.240651°N 73.351785°W | Weston | |
Deer Hill Summit | 482 feet (147 m) | 41°23′14″N 73°27′03″W / 41.387317°N 73.450956°W | Danbury | |
Diamond Hill Summit | 614 feet (187 m) | 41°17′15″N 73°24′12″W / 41.287596°N 73.403454°W | West Redding | |
Eden Hill Summit | 787 feet (240 m) | 41°19′58″N 73°18′51″W / 41.332873°N 73.314284°W | Redding Ridge | |
Fanton Hill Summit | 289 feet (88 m) | 41°12′18″N 73°20′26″W / 41.205096°N 73.340673°W | Weston | |
Ferris Hill Summit | 394 feet (120 m) | 41°10′20″N 73°28′57″W / 41.172318°N 73.482622°W | New Canaan | |
Fire Hill Summit | 689 feet (210 m) | 41°18′48″N 73°27′38″W / 41.313429°N 73.460678°W | Ridgefield | |
Flat Rock Hill Summit | 358 feet (109 m) | 41°13′21″N 73°20′14″W / 41.222596°N 73.33734°W | Weston | |
Flirt Hill Summit | 486 feet (148 m) | 41°15′14″N 73°19′39″W / 41.253985°N 73.327618°W | Easton | |
Florida Hill Summit | 614 feet (187 m) | 41°16′58″N 73°27′33″W / 41.282873°N 73.459289°W | Georgetown | |
Gilbert Hill Summit | 614 feet (187 m) | 41°15′48″N 73°25′10″W / 41.263429°N 73.419566°W | Georgetown | |
Golden Hill Summit | 148 feet (45 m) | 41°06′06″N 73°25′38″W / 41.101763°N 73.427342°W | South Norwalk | |
Goodsell Hill Summit | 692 feet (211 m) | 41°15′57″N 73°24′53″W / 41.265929°N 73.414843°W | Georgetown | |
Great Hill Summit | 712 feet (217 m) | 41°24′07″N 73°20′49″W / 41.40204°N 73.347063°W | Newtown | |
Grumman Hill Summit | 262 feet (80 m) | 41°09′51″N 73°24′32″W / 41.164263°N 73.409009°W | Norwalk | |
High Rock Hill Summit | 614 feet (187 m) | 41°22′45″N 73°14′21″W / 41.379263°N 73.239282°W | Botsford | town of Newtown |
Hirams Hill Summit | 548 feet (167 m) | 41°17′51″N 73°15′44″W / 41.297596°N 73.262338°W | Stepney | town of Monroe |
Honey Hill Summit | 469 feet (143 m) | 41°14′32″N 73°25′36″W / 41.242318°N 73.426788°W | Georgetown | |
Hoyden Hill Summit | 440 feet (130 m) | 41°13′25″N 73°16′48″W / 41.223707°N 73.280116°W | Easton | |
Hubbell Hill Summit | 922 feet (281 m) | 41°34′05″N 73°28′31″W / 41.56815°N 73.475401°W | Sherman | |
Huckleberry Hill Summit | 673 feet (205 m) | 41°16′26″N 73°24′18″W / 41.273984°N 73.405121°W | West Redding | |
Huckleberry Hills Summit | 463 feet (141 m) | 41°11′25″N 73°28′34″W / 41.190374°N 73.476233°W | Wilton | |
Indian Hill Summit | 197 feet (60 m) | 41°08′47″N 73°26′02″W / 41.146485°N 73.434009°W | Norwalk | |
Isinglass Hill Summit | 364 feet (111 m) | 41°16′44″N 73°08′48″W / 41.278985°N 73.146777°W | Huntington | |
Israel Hill Summit | 630 feet (190 m) | 41°19′43″N 73°10′49″W / 41.328707°N 73.18039°W | Monroe Center | town of Monroe |
Ivy Hill Summit | 768 feet (234 m) | 41°17′02″N 73°28′15″W / 41.283984°N 73.470956°W | Ridgefield | |
Lambert Hill Summit | 335 feet (102 m) | 41°10′23″N 73°28′01″W / 41.173152°N 73.467066°W | New Canaan | |
Long Hill Summit | 407 feet (124 m) | 41°17′00″N 73°05′42″W / 41.28343°N 73.095109°W | Huntington | |
Lower Belden Hill Summit | 269 feet (82 m) | 41°09′08″N 73°26′13″W / 41.152319°N 73.437065°W | Norwalk | |
Lower White Hills Summit | 472 feet (144 m) | 41°19′28″N 73°09′24″W / 41.324541°N 73.156778°W | Huntington | |
Lowther Point Cliff | 10 feet (3.0 m) | 41°01′00″N 73°35′43″W / 41.016764°N 73.595403°W | Riverside | |
Meekers Hill Summit | 666 feet (203 m) | 41°18′35″N 73°20′32″W / 41.309818°N 73.342341°W | Redding Ridge | |
Meetinghouse Hill Summit | 56 feet (17 m) | 41°10′59″N 73°12′22″W / 41.183152°N 73.206224°W | Bridgeport | |
Merwins Hill Summit | 203 feet (62 m) | 41°10′19″N 73°18′24″W / 41.172041°N 73.306783°W | Fairfield | |
Middle Clapboard Hill Summit | 279 feet (85 m) | 41°07′38″N 73°27′30″W / 41.127319°N 73.458454°W | Norwalk | |
Middle Mountain Summit | 791 feet (241 m) | 41°22′03″N 73°26′58″W / 41.367595°N 73.449567°W | Danbury | |
Mill Hill Summit | 167 feet (51 m) | 41°09′16″N 73°16′46″W / 41.154541°N 73.27956°W | Southport | |
Mischa Hill Summit | 331 feet (101 m) | 41°15′26″N 73°10′18″W / 41.257319°N 73.171779°W | Trumbull | |
Moose Hill Summit | 650 feet (200 m) | 41°19′57″N 73°12′22″W / 41.332596°N 73.206225°W | Monroe Center | town of Monroe |
Moses Mountain Summit | 968 feet (295 m) | 41°21′36″N 73°27′56″W / 41.360095°N 73.465678°W | Danbury | |
Mount Pleasant Summit | 755 feet (230 m) | 41°24′45″N 73°19′22″W / 41.412595°N 73.322896°W | Newtown | |
Mountain End Summit | 659 feet (201 m) | 41°22′35″N 73°26′55″W / 41.376484°N 73.448733°W | Danbury | |
Ned Mountain Summit | 932 feet (284 m) | 41°20′53″N 73°31′10″W / 41.34815°N 73.519569°W | Ridgefield | |
Nod Hill Summit | 646 feet (197 m) | 41°15′38″N 73°27′21″W / 41.260651°N 73.455956°W | Georgetown | |
Nod Hill Summit | 653 feet (199 m) | 41°15′38″N 73°27′24″W / 41.260651°N 73.456789°W | Georgetown | |
Orchard Hill Summit | 184 feet (56 m) | 41°10′01″N 73°15′33″W / 41.167041°N 73.259282°W | Fairfield | |
Osborn Hill Summit | 676 feet (206 m) | 41°23′54″N 73°12′51″W / 41.398429°N 73.214281°W | Stevenson | |
Osborne Hill Summit | 167 feet (51 m) | 41°09′53″N 73°15′20″W / 41.164819°N 73.25567°W | Fairfield | |
Palmer Hill Summit | 203 feet (62 m) | 41°03′51″N 73°34′03″W / 41.064264°N 73.567624°W | Cos Cob | |
Pavement Hill Summit | 394 feet (120 m) | 41°11′40″N 73°17′12″W / 41.194541°N 73.286783°W | Fairfield | |
Picketts Ridge Summit | 725 feet (221 m) | 41°19′30″N 73°27′10″W / 41.325095°N 73.4529°W | Ridgefield | |
Pine Hill Summit | 394 feet (120 m) | 41°10′50″N 73°28′36″W / 41.180652°N 73.476789°W | New Canaan | |
Pine Mountain Summit | 997 feet (304 m) | 41°21′04″N 73°29′15″W / 41.351206°N 73.487623°W | Danbury | |
Pond Mountain Summit | 1,194 feet (364 m) | 41°30′37″N 73°29′22″W / 41.510372°N 73.489568°W | New Fairfield | |
Pop Mountain Summit | 351 feet (107 m)
41°14′52″N 73°20′42″W / 41.247874°N 73.345119°W |
Weston | ||
Powells Hill Summit | 522 feet (159 m) | 41°14′10″N 73°19′56″W / 41.236207°N 73.33234°W | Weston | |
Prospect Hill Summit | 646 feet (197 m) | 41°20′27″N 73°22′56″W / 41.340929°N 73.382342°W | Redding Center | |
Redding Ridge Summit | 702 feet (214 m) | 41°19′01″N 73°21′12″W / 41.31704°N 73.353452°W | Redding Ridge | |
Rock Raymond Summit | 341 feet (104 m) | 41°17′27″N 73°16′27″W / 41.290929°N 73.274283°W | Easton | |
Round Hill Summit | 564 feet (172 m) | 41°06′13″N 73°40′24″W / 41.103707°N 73.673462°W | Glenville | town of Greenwich |
Round Mountain Summit | 620 feet (190 m) | 41°19′24″N 73°30′46″W / 41.323428°N 73.512902°W | Ridgefield | |
Sasco Hill Summit | 85 feet (26 m) | 41°07′44″N 73°16′18″W / 41.128986°N 73.271781°W | Southport | town of Fairfield |
Sasqua Hill Summit | 82 feet (25 m) | 41°06′17″N 73°23′29″W / 41.104819°N 73.391507°W | East Norwalk | |
Second Hill Summit | 190 feet (58 m) | 41°13′11″N 73°09′08″W / 41.219819°N 73.152333°W | Stratford | |
Seth Low Mountain Summit | 928 feet (283 m) | 41°19′46″N 73°30′49″W / 41.329444°N 73.513611°W | Ridgefield | |
Shelter Rock Summit | 636 feet (194 m) | 41°23′41″N 73°25′22″W / 41.394817°N 73.422899°W | Bethel | |
Silvermine Hill Summit | 266 feet (81 m) | 41°09′24″N 73°28′02″W / 41.156763°N 73.467344°W | New Canaan | |
Sipperly Hill Summit | 144 feet (44 m) | 41°10′08″N 73°21′48″W / 41.168985°N 73.363452°W | Saugatuck | |
Sport Hill Summit | 505 feet (154 m) | 41°14′29″N 73°16′05″W / 41.241485°N 73.268172°W | Easton | |
Spring Hill Summit | 187 feet (57 m) | 41°06′51″N 73°25′27″W / 41.114263°N 73.424286°W | Norwalk | |
Spruce Mountain Summit | 896 feet (273 m) | 41°21′27″N 73°28′31″W / 41.357595°N 73.475401°W | Danbury | |
Staples Hill Summit | 472 feet (144 m) | 41°14′10″N 73°17′52″W / 41.236207°N 73.297895°W | Easton | |
Stony Hill Summit | 505 feet (154 m) | 41°25′21″N 73°24′25″W / 41.422595°N 73.407065°W | Bethel | |
Success Hill Summit | 46 feet (14 m) | 41°11′36″N 73°09′17″W / 41.19343°N 73.154833°W | Stratford | |
Sugar Hill Summit | 699 feet (213 m) | 41°24′08″N 73°19′31″W / 41.402318°N 73.325396°W | Newtown | |
Sugar Loaf Hill Summit | 272 feet (83 m) | 41°13′21″N 73°25′46″W / 41.222596°N 73.429565°W | Wilton | |
Sugarloaf Summit | 449 feet (137 m) | 41°24′00″N 73°15′03″W / 41.400096°N 73.250949°W | Sandy Hook | |
Sunset Hill Summit | 312 feet (95 m) | 41°15′00″N 73°25′53″W / 41.250096°N 73.43151°W | Georgetown | |
Sunset Hill Summit | 830 feet (250 m) | 41°20′25″N 73°21′48″W / 41.340366°N 73.36328°W | Redding | |
Sweet Cake Mountain Summit | 869 feet (265 m) | 41°28′15″N 73°27′53″W / 41.470928°N 73.464845°W | New Fairfield | |
Talmadge Hill Summit | 335 feet (102 m) | 41°07′18″N 73°29′24″W / 41.121763°N 73.490122°W | New Canaan | |
Tashua Hill Summit | 587 feet (179 m) | 41°15′37″N 73°14′59″W / 41.260374°N 73.249838°W | Trumbull | |
Taunton Hill Summit | 823 feet (251 m) | 41°23′47″N 73°21′01″W / 41.396484°N 73.350397°W | Newtown | |
Tenmile Hill Summit | 991 feet (302 m) | 41°39′36″N 73°30′54″W / 41.660094°N 73.515125°W | Sherman | north of Connecticut Route 55, east of the Appalachian Trail, not far from Gaylordsville in Litchfield County |
Thomas Mountain Summit | 935 feet (285 m) | 41°21′58″N 73°27′25″W / 41.366206°N 73.457067°W | Danbury | |
Titicus Mountain Summit | 1,027 feet (313 m) | 41°26′55″N 73°30′36″W / 41.448705°N 73.510124°W | New Fairfield | |
Topstone Mountain Summit | 673 feet (205 m) | 41°17′55″N 73°26′36″W / 41.298707°N 73.443455°W | West Redding | |
Town Hill Summit | 427 feet (130 m) | 41°22′55″N 73°26′08″W / 41.382039°N 73.435677°W | Danbury | |
Town Mountain Summit | 869 feet (265 m) | 41°22′18″N 73°26′33″W / 41.371762°N 73.442622°W | Danbury | |
Towner Hill Summit | 899 feet (274 m)
41°35′07″N 73°28′33″W / 41.585372°N 73.475957°W |
Sherman | ||
Tunxis Hill Summit | 161 feet (49 m) | 41°10′36″N 73°14′14″W / 41.176763°N 73.237336°W | Fairfield | |
Turkey Hill Summit | 154 feet (47 m) | 41°07′59″N 73°19′07″W / 41.133152°N 73.318727°W | Greens Farms | |
Turner Mountain Summit | 1,188 feet (362 m) | 41°35′01″N 73°31′08″W / 41.583705°N 73.519014°W | Sherman | |
Umpawaug Hill Summit | 643 feet (196 m) | 41°18′21″N 73°25′28″W / 41.305929°N 73.424566°W | West Redding | |
Upper Bald Hill Summit | 561 feet (171 m) | 41°13′45″N 73°28′45″W / 41.229262°N 73.479289°W | Wilton | |
Walnut Tree Hill Summit | 561 feet (171 m) | 41°18′23″N 73°10′10″W / 41.306485°N 73.169556°W | Huntington | |
Wanzer Mountain Summit | 1,135 feet (346 m) | 41°31′48″N 73°29′41″W / 41.530094°N 73.494846°W | Sherman | |
Webbs Hill Summit | 331 feet (101 m) | 41°06′55″N 73°34′10″W / 41.115374°N 73.569569°W | Ridgeway | city of Stamford, east of Long Ridge Rd., north of Merritt. |
West Mountain Summit | 935 feet (285 m) | 41°18′15″N 73°31′35″W / 41.304262°N 73.526513°W | Ridgefield | |
Windy Hill Summit | 725 feet (221 m) | 41°17′17″N 73°25′25″W / 41.288151°N 73.423732°W | West Redding | |
Wooster Mountain Summit | 906 feet (276 m) | 41°20′52″N 73°28′36″W / 41.347873°N 73.47679°W | Danbury | |
Wren Knolls Summit | 371 feet (113 m) | 41°10′07″N 73°33′29″W / 41.168707°N 73.558181°W | New Canaan | |
Zion Hill Summit | 269 feet (82 m) | 41°13′21″N 73°25′35″W / 41.222596°N 73.42651°W | Wilton |