Ely Mound
Ely Mound rises to 246 m in Connecticut. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Avon Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807911, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 246 m
How to reach it
- 27.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Avon Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Talcott Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Killkenny Rocks: 2.4 mi
- Thompson Hill: 2.4 mi
- King Phillip Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Albany Avenue Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Oakes Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Revolutionary War Camp Site: 1.3 mi
- Alsop Meadows: 1.4 mi
- Reservoir 6 Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Newton C. Brainard: 0.7 mi
- Asa Spaulding Porter: 1.9 mi
- Jessie's Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Old Grist Mill Site: 3.2 mi
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 1.1 mi
- Heublein Tower: 2.4 mi
- King Philip's Cave: 3.1 mi
- The Carrals: 4.6 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 4.7 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 1.9 mi
- Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 4.5 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 4.9 mi
- A. Everett Austin House: 4.9 mi
- Sperry Park: 2.0 mi
- Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve: 2.3 mi
- Westmoor Park: 2.3 mi
- Eisenhower Park: 2.7 mi
- Farmington Club: 2.8 mi
- Perennial Garden: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- Shade Garden: 2.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.3 mi
- Primary Garden: 2.3 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 7.5 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 7.5 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 7.7 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 8.1 mi
- Burlington Falls: 8.3 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 2.7 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 3.8 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 4.0 mi
- Painted Cow: 4.0 mi
- Sedna: 4.5 mi
- Hart Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 0.7 mi
- Garden Wall: 0.8 mi
- Superstructure: 1.7 mi
- Solar Panel: 1.7 mi
- Boating Side: 16.4 mi
- Waterfront: 16.5 mi
- Babbs Beach: 16.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 17.2 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 17.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.9 mi
- Big Spring: 15.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Ely Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratlum Mountain | NW 316° | 358 m | 9.3 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | WSW 255° | 354 m | 10.2 mi |
| Breezy Hill | NW 309° | 327 m | 9.1 mi |
| West Ledge | NNW 333° | 305 m | 8.2 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WSW 256° | 300 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Hope | WSW 239° | 297 m | 10.2 mi |
| Jones Mountain | WNW 302° | 294 m | 10.4 mi |
| Schoolhouse Hill | W 269° | 288 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206951 — Ely Mound, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359262867
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Longmeadow · 21 mi
- Somers · 23 mi
- Tolland · 23 mi
- Hampden · 27 mi
- Blandford · 28 mi
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