Bee Mountain
Bee Mountain rises to 285 m in Connecticut. Platt Hill stands 443 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Corner Recreation Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807622, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 285 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 28.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Browns Corner Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 3.0 mi
- Millennium Field: 3.7 mi
- Little League Field: 3.7 mi
- Callahan Park: 4.0 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
- New Hartford Historical Society Museum: 4.0 mi
- Unionville Museum: 6.7 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- KidsPlay Children's Museum: 7.1 mi
- Garrett Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Schoolhouse Hill: 2.3 mi
- Barnes Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sweetheart Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Jones Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 4.7 mi
- Hermit memorial: 4.8 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 5.7 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 6.8 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 10.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 11.0 mi
- Perennial Garden: 12.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.0 mi
- Hogan's Cider Mill: 3.3 mi
- Wreck: 4.9 mi
- 4 towns meet: 5.7 mi
- Boynton Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 5.9 mi
- DEEP protected area: 1.0 mi
- NHLT South Nepaug Brook Preserve: 1.5 mi
- NHLT Sabolcik Preserve: 1.8 mi
- NHLT Crockett Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Maple Hollow: 2.1 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 11.9 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 13.3 mi
- Painted Cow: 13.7 mi
- Sedna: 14.2 mi
- Burlington Falls: 2.7 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 2.8 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 3.4 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 3.4 mi
- Burr Falls: 6.2 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 2.0 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Ravens Roost: 7.2 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 8.1 mi
- Holland Beach: 8.7 mi
- Boating Side: 13.3 mi
- Waterfront: 13.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 15.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 4.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 7.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 8.0 mi
- Big Spring: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.9 mi
- Questing: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Bee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platt Hill | NW 308° | 443 m | 8.5 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | WNW 289° | 400 m | 7.0 mi |
| Burr Mountain | NW 306° | 383 m | 6.4 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | WSW 240° | 378 m | 10.3 mi |
| Spencer Hill | NNW 330° | 365 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cotton Hill | WSW 257° | 360 m | 3.0 mi |
| Washington Hill | NNE 22° | 359 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | NNE 33° | 358 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260100
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 23 mi
- Berkshires · 25 mi
- Blandford · 25 mi
- Longmeadow · 26 mi
- Otis · 26 mi
- Monterey · 27 mi
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