Compounce Mountain
Compounce Mountain rises to 290 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Toffolon Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807836, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 290 m
How to reach it
- 27.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Toffolon Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Russell Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Forestville Fishing Club: 1.2 mi
- Girl Scouts of CT: 1.4 mi
- Shangri-La Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Libby's Lump: 0.5 mi
- Tory's Den: 6.7 mi
- Hospital Rock: 7.2 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 7.2 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 7.2 mi
- Cascades: 0.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.6 mi
- Cascade: 5.8 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.8 mi
- South Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lindsley Hill: 1.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.6 mi
- Southington Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Becar Hill: 2.6 mi
- Casey Field: 2.4 mi
- Memorial Boulevard Park: 2.6 mi
- Brackett Park: 2.7 mi
- Peterson Park: 2.8 mi
- Wolcott Green: 2.8 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 2.6 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 2.7 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 2.7 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 3.1 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 3.3 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.0 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 4.4 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 5.6 mi
- plinth: 6.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.6 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 8.9 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 8.9 mi
- Maori Head: 7.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.6 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.7 mi
- Home: 8.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Ravens Roost: 6.6 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Green Wall: 7.2 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 7.3 mi
- Boating Side: 5.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 5.3 mi
- Waterfront: 5.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 25.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 25.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 20.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.2 mi
- Big Spring: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Compounce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NNW 341° | 354 m | 8.9 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 340° | 313 m | 1.2 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | WSW 245° | 312 m | 1.5 mi |
| Lattin Hill | WNW 293° | 310 m | 9.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | WNW 291° | 307 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clinton Hill | WSW 255° | 303 m | 3.7 mi |
| West Peak | SE 134° | 301 m | 6.9 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | N 351° | 300 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206411 — Compounce Mountain, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359262035
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- East Windsor · 28 mi
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