Camels Hump
Camels Hump rises to 207 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Higby Mountain Easement, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807732, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 207 m
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Higby Mountain Easement: 0.2 mi
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area: 1.1 mi
- Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park: 1.8 mi
- Highland Pond Preserve: 1.9 mi
- King Property: 2.2 mi
- Higby Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.4 mi
- Coe Hill: 1.4 mi
- Chauncey Peak: 1.5 mi
- North Peak: 1.7 mi
- Kronenberger Park: 1.0 mi
- Carroll Park: 1.3 mi
- Saint John's Field: 1.5 mi
- Tynan Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Baldwin Pond Park: 1.7 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 2.9 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 3.3 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 3.4 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 3.7 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 3.4 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.7 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 0.8 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 2.7 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 2.7 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 3.6 mi
- Cpl. Kemaphoom Chanawongse: 3.9 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 5.2 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.9 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 6.1 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 8.2 mi
- Bible Rock: 8.4 mi
- First Tear: 3.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 4.9 mi
- Home: 8.8 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 9.2 mi
- snake: 10.0 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 2.6 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 2.9 mi
- Westfield Falls: 3.0 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 3.9 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 1.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.1 mi
- Boating Side: 16.7 mi
- Waterfront: 16.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 9.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 9.8 mi
- Green Wall: 11.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 12.0 mi
- Crow Point: 13.1 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 0.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Camels Hump. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | WNW 285° | 301 m | 5.5 mi |
| East Peak | WNW 282° | 277 m | 5.0 mi |
| Higby Mountain | N 2° | 272 m | 0.6 mi |
| Trimountain | S 177° | 232 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | S 180° | 230 m | 6.9 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 283° | 220 m | 4.3 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | S 187° | 219 m | 2.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NW 321° | 217 m | 6.7 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205928 — Camels Hump, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261085
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Old Saybrook · 25 mi
- East Windsor · 28 mi
- Old Lyme · 28 mi
- East Lyme · 30 mi
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