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Chestnut Mountain

Chestnut Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807799, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
275 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.97926, -72.38564

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.1 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.2 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 10.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • sensory garden: 7.4 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
Attractions: 54
  • Goat Rock: 6.2 mi
  • filled-in well: 10.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.0 mi
  • SSG 102: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cascade: 1.7 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 12.0 mi
  • Cascades: 12.7 mi
  • Cascades: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Rd: 20.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 74°396 m9.5 mi
Mount PisgahNE 48°379 m10.2 mi
Bald HillE 92°371 m9.7 mi
Stickney HillE 85°371 m10.4 mi
Snow HillE 101°362 m9.2 mi
Lead Mine HillE 97°361 m10.4 mi
Mount HitchcockNE 41°356 m9.8 mi
Hedgehog HillE 91°354 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.

Sources

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

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