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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.

The story

Mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.

Wikidata Q31807760, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70260, -72.71315

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
Peaks
Historic sites: 59
  • 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
Attractions: 59
Artworks: 56
Gardens: 56
Waterfalls: 44
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

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNNW276 m8.7 mi
Higby MountainS272 m10.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainESE265 m10.1 mi
Ely MoundNW246 m7.7 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW229 m6.1 mi
Ragged MountainSW217 m8.1 mi
Minnechaug MountainE215 m10.4 mi
Bradley MountainWSW207 m7.1 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359261259

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