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Borinqueneers Monument

Borinqueneers Monument from directly overhead

Borinqueneers Monument is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Borinqueneers Monument Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67778, -72.78545

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 59
Historic sites: 57
Gardens: 54
Artworks: 45
Waterfalls: 41
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Green Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 3.0 mi
  • South Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 19.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Borinqueneers Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainWSW313 m8.6 mi
Lindsley HillWSW312 m10.0 mi
West PeakSSW301 m8.5 mi
Mount HopeWNW297 m10.0 mi
Compounce MountainWSW290 m8.5 mi
Southington MountainWSW281 m10.0 mi
East PeakSSW277 m8.7 mi
Talcott MountainN276 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8494938747

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