Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 186 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bible Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 30 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Owned by City of Middletown: 1.0 mi
- Owned by Rockfall Foundation: 1.3 mi
- Nedobity Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Spiderweed Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Swan Hill Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Crystal Lake Park: 1.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Boat Launch (Middletown): 1.3 mi
- Crystal Lake State Access Area: 1.7 mi
- Rock Park: 1.8 mi
- Guida Farms Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 2.8 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 3.1 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 3.6 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Bible Rock: 0.9 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.8 mi
- Round Hill: 2.0 mi
- Candlewood Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tryon Hill: 2.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 3.6 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 3.8 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 5.5 mi
- Gingers Garden: 7.3 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 8.2 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 3.8 mi
- First Tear: 4.6 mi
- snake: 7.5 mi
- Face in Tree: 8.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 11.3 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 1.3 mi
- Bible Rock: 1.8 mi
- George Washington rock: 2.1 mi
- grindstone: 3.2 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 4.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 6.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.4 mi
- East Rive Beach: 16.5 mi
- Circle Beach: 16.6 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 16.6 mi
- Seven Falls: 1.9 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 2.5 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 3.9 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 4.2 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 4.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 7.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 7.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.6 mi
- Crow Point: 13.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 15.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 8.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 17.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | WNW 297° | 272 m | 7.0 mi |
| Trimountain | WSW 242° | 232 m | 6.8 mi |
| Great Hill | NNE 33° | 222 m | 6.1 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | W 275° | 219 m | 6.6 mi |
| Camels Hump | WNW 292° | 207 m | 6.8 mi |
| Goose Hill | SSE 147° | 201 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 51° | 199 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SW 215° | 196 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359261781
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
- Essex · 16 mi
- Old Saybrook · 19 mi
- Old Lyme · 21 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Montville · 24 mi
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