Lamentation Mountain State Park
Lamentation Mountain State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Of Berlin (Water Tank - Wilbur Cross Hwy), a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Of Berlin (Water Tank - Wilbur Cross Hwy): 0.2 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Water Tank - Wilbur Cross Hwy): 0.3 mi
- Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park: 1.0 mi
- Well Site - Elton Road: 1.5 mi
- Highland Pond Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Lamentation Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Snow Hill: 1.2 mi
- Chauncey Peak: 1.4 mi
- North Peak: 2.1 mi
- Higby Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Beaver Pond Park: 1.6 mi
- Pistol Creek: 2.1 mi
- Sage Park: 2.1 mi
- Falcon Field: 2.2 mi
- Carroll Park: 2.3 mi
- 1954: 2.2 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 6.0 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 8.2 mi
- Hospital Rock: 8.5 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 8.7 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 3.0 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 3.6 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 4.0 mi
- Westfield Falls: 2.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 5.0 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 5.1 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 5.6 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 3.2 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 3.5 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 3.6 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 3.6 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 6.1 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- First Tear: 4.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.0 mi
- Home: 6.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.0 mi
- Face in Tree: 11.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 4.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.2 mi
- Boating Side: 14.9 mi
- Waterfront: 15.0 mi
- Green Wall: 9.2 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 9.3 mi
- Crow Point: 11.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 2.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Lamentation Mountain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | WSW 255° | 301 m | 4.4 mi |
| East Peak | WSW 249° | 277 m | 4.2 mi |
| Higby Mountain | SSE 151° | 272 m | 2.2 mi |
| Trimountain | S 171° | 232 m | 8.4 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | S 174° | 230 m | 9.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NNW 337° | 229 m | 9.1 mi |
| South Mountain | WSW 244° | 220 m | 3.6 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | S 170° | 219 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
- rue anemone41 obs
- round-lobed hepatica35 obs
- Dutchman's breeches30 obs
- Virginia saxifrage25 obs
- wood anemone25 obs
- bloodroot24 obs
- eastern redcedar23 obs
- Herb Robert21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/75820575
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
- East Windsor · 26 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
- Tolland · 29 mi
- Old Lyme · 30 mi
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