Mount Tom State Park
Mount Tom State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Above All stands 450 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom, a peak 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Tom: 0.3 mi
- Little Mount Tom: 1.0 mi
- Mount Rat: 1.3 mi
- Looking Glass Hill: 1.6 mi
- Robin Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sunnyfield: 0.5 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 3.7 mi
- Lake Waramaug Boat Ramp (Town of Washington): 3.8 mi
- Bryan Plaza: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Shepaug Crossing Preserve: 1.4 mi
- No Mans Land Swamp: 2.4 mi
- Hidden Valley Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Ancient Oak Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Bantam Civic Association: 2.8 mi
- Mill Ruins: 4.1 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 5.4 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 8.9 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 9.4 mi
- New Preston Falls: 4.1 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.9 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 9.1 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 9.1 mi
- Peter's Forge: 1.7 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 3.1 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 5.1 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 5.2 mi
- Indian village: 6.1 mi
- Judea Garden: 2.9 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 7.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.3 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 14.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 14.6 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 9.6 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.0 mi
- Grand Staircase: 11.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 11.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 2.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.7 mi
- Waterfront: 13.0 mi
- Boating Side: 13.0 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 13.8 mi
- Jean Widmark: 8.5 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 15.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 15.5 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 15.6 mi
- Maori Head: 16.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 18.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.4 mi
- Big Spring: 23.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 8.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Mount Tom State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above All | WNW 302° | 450 m | 4.5 mi |
| Peck Mountain | NNW 335° | 447 m | 7.4 mi |
| Town Hill | NNW 331° | 429 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | WNW 298° | 428 m | 7.7 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | WNW 301° | 426 m | 6.1 mi |
| City Hill | NNW 327° | 413 m | 3.3 mi |
| Jennings Hill | NNW 347° | 405 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Prospect | NNE 14° | 400 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 17 mi away.
- mountain laurel6 obs
- Eastern Newt5 obs
- Pickerel Frog5 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee5 obs
- Orange-tipped Wood-digger5 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander4 obs
- American chestnut4 obs
- Ghost Pipe4 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.
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