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Onion Mountain

Onion Mountain from directly overhead

Onion Mountain is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 8.2 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.86022, -72.87409
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Mountain Park: 0.9 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 1.5 mi
  • Meadow Pond: 1.9 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.2 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 2.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.9 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 6.5 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 6.6 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 58
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.3 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.0 mi
  • Cow: 8.7 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.2 mi
  • Painted Cow: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Perennial Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Shade Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Primary Garden: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 54
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 6.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Onion Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 340°421 m8.2 mi
Cotton HillWSW 249°360 m9.3 mi
Washington HillNNW 342°359 m6.8 mi
Ratlum MountainNW 305°358 m3.4 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 220°354 m9.6 mi
Wallens HillWNW 296°339 m10.0 mi
West HillW 277°328 m7.7 mi
Breezy HillWNW 286°327 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437338

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