French Mountain
French Mountain rises to 291 m in Connecticut. Mount Prospect stands 400 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is High Meadow Farms, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807946, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 291 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- High Meadow Farms: 1.7 mi
- Sky Meadow: 2.1 mi
- Swendsen Farm Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Humiston Park (Owned By Thomaston): 2.3 mi
- Anni and Peter Bergman Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Nystrom Park: 2.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Town Green: 3.3 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Town Playground: 4.1 mi
- James Morris Museum and Aline Brothier Morris Reading Room: 2.7 mi
- Old Bethlem Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 4.5 mi
- Railroad Museum of New England: 4.5 mi
- White Memorial Conservation Center: 5.2 mi
- Walnut Hill: 2.5 mi
- Magnolia Hill: 2.7 mi
- Black Rock: 2.7 mi
- Lattin Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hickory Hill: 3.0 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 3.5 mi
- U.S.D.A plaque: 8.0 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 8.2 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 8.5 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 3.6 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 3.8 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 6.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.7 mi
- New Preston Falls: 10.4 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 3.2 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 3.2 mi
- Rock House: 3.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 7.5 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 7.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 5.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 8.9 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
- Biblical Garden: 8.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 8.9 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 3.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 7.8 mi
- Bethel Rock: 8.8 mi
- Ravens Roost: 9.0 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 4.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.1 mi
- Waterfront: 6.2 mi
- Boating Side: 6.2 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 12.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 8.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 9.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 9.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 9.5 mi
- Maori Head: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
- Pond View: 24.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 24.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.6 mi
- Cedar Grove: 24.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 15.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of French Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Prospect | NW 313° | 400 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | WNW 289° | 393 m | 6.5 mi |
| Jefferson Hill | N 358° | 378 m | 5.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 350° | 359 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Rat | WNW 283° | 352 m | 7.9 mi |
| Guernsey Hill | NNE 17° | 346 m | 3.5 mi |
| Todd Hill | W 264° | 344 m | 4.1 mi |
| Scoville Hill | NNE 25° | 340 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359263417
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