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Porcupine Hole

Porcupine Hole, seen from above at true elevation

Porcupine Hole is a cliff in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Wall, a cliff 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Height
50'
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70166, -72.83302
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Will Warren's Den: 0.2 mi
  • Hospital Rock: 0.8 mi
  • Carousel: 4.7 mi
  • The Carrals: 4.7 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 4.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • plinth: 1.0 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.8 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.8 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument: 3.0 mi
Parks
Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 4.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Cascades: 6.4 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Sunken Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Wolcott Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.7 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 19
  • Green Wall: 0.1 mi
  • South Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Solar Panel: 4.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 16.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 11.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Porcupine Hole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainWNW 294°354 m9.1 mi
South MountainWSW 238°313 m6.9 mi
Lindsley HillSW 231°312 m8.7 mi
West PeakS 183°301 m9.6 mi
Scranton MountainWNW 301°300 m8.0 mi
Mount HopeW 277°297 m7.2 mi
Becar HillSW 235°297 m9.8 mi
Compounce MountainSW 229°290 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/322010959

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