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Sweetheart Mountain Trails

Sweetheart Mountain Trails from directly overhead

Sweetheart Mountain Trails is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Burr Mountain stands 383 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetheart Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Canton Land Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81310, -72.93164

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Millennium Field: 1.2 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 1.5 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 2.0 mi
  • Browns Corner Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Little League Field: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.8 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 4.5 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 52
  • Wreck: 2.0 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 3.7 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 4.4 mi
  • Kettles: 4.4 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 4.5 mi
Artworks: 50
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 2.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 7.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 7.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 7.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Sweetheart Mountain Trails. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burr MountainWNW 299°383 m9.1 mi
Cotton HillW 269°360 m5.8 mi
Washington HillN 5°359 m9.8 mi
Ratlum MountainN 2°358 m5.2 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 218°354 m5.2 mi
Scoville HillWSW 246°340 m9.3 mi
Wallens HillNW 322°339 m9.7 mi
Hayden HillW 273°332 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1337214837

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