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Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cedar Mountain rises to 84 m in Connecticut. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedarcrest Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31807760, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
84 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70260, -72.71315
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mary Welles Park: 0.7 mi
  • Farms Village Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.1 mi
  • Robbins Green: 1.2 mi
  • Colonel John Chester Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Hunger Strikers Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Warner Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 6.7 mi
  • Cascades: 7.2 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 8.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
Attractions
Artworks: 57
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 20.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 17.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW 330°276 m8.7 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE 120°265 m10.1 mi
Ely MoundNW 323°246 m7.7 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 269°229 m6.1 mi
Ragged MountainSW 224°217 m8.1 mi
Minnechaug MountainE 82°215 m10.4 mi
Bradley MountainWSW 244°207 m7.1 mi
Clark HillESE 118°206 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261259

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