Candlewood Mountain
Candlewood Mountain rises to 296 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the west, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Slide, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 296 m
How to reach it
- 26.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Knob: 0.6 mi
- Guarding Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Towner Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hubbell Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 1.5 mi
- Little League Field: 0.9 mi
- Lynn Deming Park: 1.0 mi
- Sega Meadows Park: 1.3 mi
- Youngs Field: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Lynn Deming Park: 0.9 mi
- Towner Hill Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Irene's Woods Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Guarding Mountain Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Hubbell Mountain Farm: 1.7 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 2.2 mi
- Jim Hulton: 2.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 8.0 mi
- Mill Ruins: 8.3 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 9.1 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 2.2 mi
- Northrop House: 2.3 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 3.6 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 7.0 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 8.1 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 6.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.4 mi
- New Preston Falls: 8.3 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 13.3 mi
- New Milford Tank: 2.2 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 6.3 mi
- Indian village: 7.0 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 8.6 mi
- Peter's Forge: 12.5 mi
- Personal Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 9.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.9 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 13.8 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 13.8 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 2.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 4.0 mi
- North Beach: 6.7 mi
- South Beach: 7.2 mi
- Kelly Slide: 0.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 10.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 9.6 mi
- greek letter pi: 11.5 mi
- Lesser Evil: 11.6 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 14.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 19.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.4 mi
- Pond View: 21.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 21.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 16.6 mi
- Dicktown: 18.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 7.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Candlewood Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Hill | W 277° | 405 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNE 27° | 390 m | 6.0 mi |
| Birch Hill | SW 233° | 386 m | 6.7 mi |
| Branch Hill | W 261° | 370 m | 4.0 mi |
| Seeley Hill | WNW 282° | 368 m | 4.7 mi |
| Turner Mountain | W 274° | 362 m | 3.4 mi |
| Peet Hill | N 10° | 359 m | 6.5 mi |
| Beaver Bog Mountain | SSW 210° | 358 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359261127
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 19 mi
- Cold Spring · 28 mi
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