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The Circuit Rider

The Circuit Rider from directly overhead

The Circuit Rider is an artwork in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Emancipation, a artwork 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2008
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.76309, -72.66313
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascades: 8.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 58
Cliffs: 22
  • Crow Point: 4.5 mi
  • South Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Solar Panel: 7.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of The Circuit Rider. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 296°276 m7.8 mi
MannantuckESE 111°273 m10.5 mi
John Tom HillESE 111°272 m10.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 146°265 m11.1 mi
Box HillENE 76°252 m11.1 mi
Ely MoundWNW 285°246 m7.5 mi
Lookout MountainE 93°237 m9.2 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 119°234 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8729328800

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