Keney Tower
Keney Tower is an attraction in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Keney Memorial Tower, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
clock tower in Hartford, Connecticut
Dates from 1898.
Wikidata Q38250620, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Keney Memorial Tower: 0.0 mi
- Tunnel Park: 0.1 mi
- Wexford Park: 0.3 mi
- Julio Lozada Park: 0.4 mi
- Liam E. McGee Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Jack: 0.4 mi
- Riverfront Relax: 0.5 mi
- Perserverence: 0.5 mi
- Thomas Hooker: 0.5 mi
- Steamer: 0.5 mi
- Old State House: 0.5 mi
- Butler-McCook Homestead: 0.9 mi
- Amos Bull House: 0.9 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.3 mi
- Mark Twain House Museum: 1.4 mi
- William H. Putnam: 0.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 0.6 mi
- General Israel Putnam: 0.6 mi
- Connecticut State Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Victorian Ornamental Garden: 0.9 mi
- Hudson Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Trinity College Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 0.9 mi
- Mark Twain House: 1.4 mi
- Constitution Oak: 4.4 mi
- The Dreamyard: 4.6 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 5.6 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.8 mi
- Johnson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wickham Hill: 4.3 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 4.5 mi
- Keney Park: 1.9 mi
- Gully Green: 2.5 mi
- Vanderbilt Park: 2.6 mi
- Short Reach Property: 2.7 mi
- Matianuck Natural Area Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 6.1 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cascades: 8.9 mi
- Dividend Falls: 9.0 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 9.5 mi
- Crow Point: 5.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 6.4 mi
- Hart Meadow: 6.4 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.4 mi
- South Wall: 6.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 15.9 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.0 mi
- Babbs Beach: 18.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 19.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 20.4 mi
- Big Spring: 20.9 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 22.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Keney Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | WNW 293° | 276 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 113° | 273 m | 11.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 113° | 272 m | 11.4 mi |
| Box Hill | E 80° | 252 m | 11.6 mi |
| Ely Mound | W 281° | 246 m | 6.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 97° | 237 m | 9.9 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 121° | 234 m | 10.4 mi |
| Birch Mountain | E 99° | 233 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 78002871OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Keney Tower, reference 78002871, listed 03/30/78.
OpenStreetMap element way/915301447
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Tolland · 17 mi
- Somers · 19 mi
- Longmeadow · 20 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
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