Beseck Mountain
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Beseck Mountain rises to 219 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is King Property, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Besek Mountain (Alternate spelling: Bessic Mountain) also known as Black Mountain, est. 840 feet (260 m), is a traprock mountain ridge located 4.75 miles (7.6 km) southeast of Meriden, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Besek Mountain is known for its 3-mile (4.8 km) long line of open cliffs, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. The mountain is traversed by the 51-mile (82 km) Mattabesett Trail, and is home to the Powder Ridge Ski Area.
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Wikidata Q2899856, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- King Property: 0.5 mi
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area: 0.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tract Park: 1.1 mi
- Lucy Strickland Estate: 1.9 mi
- Higby Mountain Easement: 2.2 mi
- Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA: 0.7 mi
- Beseck Lake Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Benjamin J Nessing Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Kronenberger Park: 1.5 mi
- Saint John's Field: 1.6 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 3.5 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 3.5 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 3.9 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 4.1 mi
- Powder Hill: 0.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Camels Hump: 2.0 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Buckwheat Hill: 2.2 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 1.7 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 1.4 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 2.8 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.8 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 4.6 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 4.2 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.4 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 6.4 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 6.5 mi
- Bible Rock: 8.3 mi
- First Tear: 5.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 5.9 mi
- snake: 8.3 mi
- Home: 10.7 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 11.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 0.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 4.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.3 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 17.1 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 17.3 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 2.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 2.7 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 3.1 mi
- Westfield Falls: 4.9 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
- Bluff Head: 7.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 8.0 mi
- Green Wall: 13.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 13.8 mi
- Crow Point: 14.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 2.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 9.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Beseck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | NW 304° | 301 m | 6.1 mi |
| East Peak | WNW 303° | 277 m | 5.6 mi |
| Higby Mountain | N 6° | 272 m | 2.6 mi |
| Trimountain | S 172° | 232 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | S 177° | 230 m | 4.9 mi |
| South Mountain | NW 307° | 220 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NNW 331° | 217 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | S 175° | 210 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205460 — Beseck Mountain, South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260201
Day trips start here
- Essex · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Old Saybrook · 24 mi
- Old Lyme · 27 mi
- East Lyme · 29 mi
- East Windsor · 30 mi
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