Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 275 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Hill Road Open Space, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807799, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 275 m
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Hill Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Stafford Wood West Campground: 1.1 mi
- Sun Valley Beach Club: 1.2 mi
- Colorado Drive Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Somers Sportsmen's Association: 1.3 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 5.4 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 7.5 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Three Graces: 12.0 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 13.1 mi
- Horton Court: 13.4 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 13.4 mi
- The Storyteller: 13.4 mi
- Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 2.9 mi
- Somers Common: 3.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Olympic Park: 3.9 mi
- Olympic Circle: 3.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Soapstone Mountain: 2.0 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.2 mi
- Crow Hill: 2.3 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.1 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 10.2 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 11.3 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 7.8 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Yertle Garden: 13.4 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 8.3 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 12.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 13.5 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 15.6 mi
- Case Falls: 15.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 6.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.6 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 11.4 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 14.1 mi
- Flag Rock: 13.4 mi
- Indian Leap: 13.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 17.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
- Picnic: 15.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 17.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 20.4 mi
- Enfield: 23.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ENE 74° | 396 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NE 48° | 379 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 92° | 371 m | 9.7 mi |
| Stickney Hill | E 85° | 371 m | 10.4 mi |
| Snow Hill | E 101° | 362 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | E 97° | 361 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NE 41° | 356 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | E 91° | 354 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 212327 — Chestnut Mountain, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359272492
Day trips start here
- Somers · 3 mi
- Hampden · 6 mi
- Tolland · 7 mi
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Longmeadow · 11 mi
- Union · 12 mi
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