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In Colchester, you're either going up or down a hill.  It turns out that Colchester has a lot of hills and dales.  The lowest elevation is 70 feet above mean sea level. The highest spot is 629 feet above mean sea level.  Here's a sample listing of elevations around town. (1)

 

 

Old Comstock Bridge 70 feet
Shailor Hill 470 feet
Mill Hill 557 feet
Bulkeley Hill 554 feet
Halls Hill 530 feet
Prospect Hill 504 feet
Chestnut Hill 582 feet
Day Pond 443 feet
Deep River Reservoir 330 feet
Babcock Pond 379 feet
Pickerel Lake 470 feet
Windham Ave. and Bush Rock Road 620 feet
Homonick Road and SR 85

629 feet

(1)  National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

(2) Typographic maps U.S. Geological Survey

 

 

 

 

 

 

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