Avon Mountain
Avon Mountain rises to 191 m in Connecticut. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ely Mound, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807547, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Ely Mound: 0.5 mi
- Talcott Mountain: 0.9 mi
- King Phillip Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Thompson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Little Phillip Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 4.5 mi
- Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- A. Everett Austin House: 5.1 mi
- Unionville Museum: 5.2 mi
- Sperry Park: 1.7 mi
- Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve: 2.0 mi
- Westmoor Park: 2.5 mi
- Eisenhower Park: 2.7 mi
- Weatogue Park: 3.0 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 1.5 mi
- Heublein Tower: 1.9 mi
- King Philip's Cave: 2.6 mi
- Wreck: 4.7 mi
- Drake High Road Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Perennial Garden: 2.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.5 mi
- Shade Garden: 2.5 mi
- Primary Garden: 2.5 mi
- Jessie's Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 3.5 mi
- Painted Cow: 4.2 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 4.2 mi
- Sedna: 4.7 mi
- Newton C. Brainard: 1.1 mi
- Asa Spaulding Porter: 2.4 mi
- Jessie's Community Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Old Grist Mill Site: 3.5 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Albany Avenue Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Oakes Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Reservoir 6 Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Alsop Meadows: 1.2 mi
- River Park: 1.3 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 7.5 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 7.5 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 7.6 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 8.2 mi
- Burlington Falls: 8.3 mi
- Hart Meadow: 1.1 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 1.2 mi
- Garden Wall: 1.3 mi
- Superstructure: 2.2 mi
- Solar Panel: 2.3 mi
- Babbs Beach: 16.2 mi
- Boating Side: 16.7 mi
- Waterfront: 16.8 mi
- Holland Beach: 16.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 13.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.6 mi
- Big Spring: 14.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Avon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratlum Mountain | NW 314° | 358 m | 8.9 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | WSW 252° | 354 m | 10.3 mi |
| Breezy Hill | NW 306° | 327 m | 8.7 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | WNW 285° | 310 m | 10.6 mi |
| West Ledge | NNW 332° | 305 m | 7.7 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WSW 253° | 300 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Hope | WSW 236° | 297 m | 10.5 mi |
| Jones Mountain | WNW 299° | 294 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1949992 — Avon Mountain, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359288956
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Longmeadow · 21 mi
- Somers · 22 mi
- Tolland · 23 mi
- Blandford · 27 mi
- Hampden · 27 mi
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