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Candlewood Mountain

Candlewood Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.58037, -73.45346

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 60
  • Lois Batchelder: 2.2 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 2.8 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 8.0 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 8.3 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 8.9 mi
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 35
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 8.1 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 22
  • 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
Attractions: 21
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 10
  • 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
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillW 277°405 m4.6 mi
Bear HillNNE 27°390 m6.0 mi
Birch HillSW 233°386 m6.7 mi
Branch HillW 261°370 m4.0 mi
Seeley HillWNW 282°368 m4.7 mi
Turner MountainW 274°362 m3.4 mi
Peet HillN 10°359 m6.5 mi
Beaver Bog MountainSSW 210°358 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261127

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