Skyline Scenic Area
Skyline Scenic Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northern Connecticut Land Trust
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 26.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Perkins Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.6 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.1 mi
- Kibbe Farm: 1.4 mi
- Kibbe Farm: 1.5 mi
- Minnechaug Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Camp Aya-Po: 1.5 mi
- Stevenson Woodlands: 1.6 mi
- Gerrish Park: 1.8 mi
- Hampden Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Somers Common: 3.1 mi
- Center School Park: 4.7 mi
- Center Field: 4.9 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
- Childrens Museum: 5.4 mi
- Childrens Museum: 5.5 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 7.2 mi
- Longmeadow Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Yertle Garden: 9.5 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 9.5 mi
- sensory garden: 10.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 6.3 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 7.5 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Omiskanoagwiah: 8.3 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 9.1 mi
- The Three Graces: 8.4 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 9.1 mi
- Horton Court: 9.5 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 9.5 mi
- The Storyteller: 9.5 mi
- Goat Rock: 2.1 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 9.5 mi
- Springfield Museums: 9.5 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 9.6 mi
- SSG 102: 10.1 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 11.3 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 14.6 mi
- Cascades: 16.9 mi
- Cascades: 16.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 7.4 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 9.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 9.3 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 10.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 13.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 9.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 16.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 20.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 20.0 mi
- Rd: 16.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 16.2 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 16.2 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.0 mi
- Enfield: 20.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.0 mi
- Greenwich: 23.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 23.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
- Picnic: 17.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 11.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Skyline Scenic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | ENE 71° | 379 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ENE 66° | 356 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ESE 110° | 354 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tupper Hill | E 89° | 352 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | E 88° | 347 m | 8.4 mi |
| Moss Hill | E 88° | 341 m | 8.9 mi |
| Peck Hill | ENE 76° | 336 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | ESE 117° | 332 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1344559727
Day trips start here
- Hampden · 2 mi
- Somers · 3 mi
- Longmeadow · 8 mi
- Ludlow · 9 mi
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Tolland · 11 mi
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