Fowler Mountain
Fowler Mountain rises to 230 m in Connecticut. East Peak stands 277 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Trail monument, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Fowler Mountain, est. 750 feet (230 m), is a traprock mountain located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of the center of Meriden, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Fowler Mountain is known for its rugged topography, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It rises steeply 300 feet (91 m) above the Ulbrich Reservoir and the Quinnipiac River valley to the west. The mountain is traversed by the 50-mile (80 km) Mattabesett Trail.
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Wikidata Q3080166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 230 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pistapaug Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Three Notches: 1.0 mi
- Trimountain: 1.2 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.7 mi
- Pond Hill: 2.9 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 1.5 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 4.9 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 6.2 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 6.5 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.6 mi
- Otte Meadows Durham CT Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Town Open Space (Barnett Property): 2.1 mi
- Parmelee Brook Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land: 2.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Tuttle Road): 2.8 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 3.7 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Marcus Cooke Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- North Farms Reservoir Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
- Durham Town Green: 3.7 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.8 mi
- Abraham Baldwin: 3.2 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Farming Museum: 6.2 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 7.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 5.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.5 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 12.3 mi
- Shell Beach: 12.5 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 12.6 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 0.8 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 3.3 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 4.4 mi
- Bear Cave: 4.8 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 6.4 mi
- snake: 4.3 mi
- First Tear: 8.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 9.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.3 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 11.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 3.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.7 mi
- Chimney Corner: 13.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.0 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 25.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 22.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Fowler Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peak | NNW 328° | 277 m | 9.3 mi |
| Higby Mountain | N 0° | 272 m | 7.5 mi |
| Trimountain | NNE 13° | 232 m | 1.2 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 332° | 220 m | 8.9 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | N 357° | 219 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | SSE 165° | 210 m | 0.8 mi |
| Camels Hump | N 360° | 207 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel | W 264° | 206 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207174 — Fowler Mountain, South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359263345
Day trips start here
- Essex · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
- East Lyme · 27 mi
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