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Castle Hill
Museum · Placentia · Newfoundland and Labrador

Castle Hill

Castle Hill is a fortification in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its status is a National Historic Site of Canada. Within 15 km there are 5 more places to visit, starting with Fort Royal (100 m).

Photo: Castle Hill, HobbsTravels (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
In Placentia
inside the municipal boundary
How well known
Top 6%
#281 of 5,181 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–19°C
In brief

Museum in Placentia

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

By coverage it ranks #281 of the 5,181 places on our Canadian list. About ↓

Inside Placentia

Castle Hill is a place to visit inside Placentia’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

National Historic Site of Canada

It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather through the year

The warm months in Placentia are July and August, with 17–19°C highs.

Jan1° / -6°108 mm
Feb0° / -6°77 mm
Mar2° / -4°75 mm
Apr6° / 0°71 mm
May10° / 3°80 mm
Jun14° / 7°77 mm
Jul17° / 12°112 mm
Aug19° / 14°85 mm
Sep16° / 11°84 mm
Oct12° / 6°120 mm
Nov8° / 2°122 mm
Dec3° / -2°123 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Placentia, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Dunville/Argentia, 7.9 km from Placentia (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Placentia’s full climate →
About

Castle Hill

Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.

Castle Hill on Wikipedia ↗

Its historic-place page →

Type
Museum
Listed
National Historic Site of Canada
Wikipedias
Covered in 5 languages
Town
in Placentia
Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.
The map

Finding Castle Hill

On this map, Castle Hill is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Placentia’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Castle Hill

Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Placentia

3,374 people · 6 places to visit

Make a day of it

Close to Castle Hill

1Fort · Parks CanadaFort Royal100 m away2MuseumO’Reilly House1.1 km away3MuseumMuseumPlacentia Cultural Centre1.2 km away4Historic siteHistoric siteDetached Redoubt100 m away5Historic siteHistoric siteGaillarding Redoubt500 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Castle Hill

Where is Castle Hill?

Castle Hill is in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Castle Hill?

Fortification in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

How well known is Castle Hill?

Wikipedia coverage puts Castle Hill at #281 among Canadian places.

When is the best time to visit Castle Hill?

In Placentia, July and August are the warmest, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Is Castle Hill a designated historic place?

Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).