Hosmer Mountain
Hosmer Mountain rises to 146 m in Connecticut. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Guild Field, a park 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808066, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 146 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 5.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Guild Field: 0.4 mi
- Wilimantic Whitewater Park: 0.5 mi
- Young's Park: 0.5 mi
- War Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Jillson Square Park: 0.8 mi
- Burdick Park: 0.4 mi
- Potter Meadow: 1.1 mi
- West Main Street Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Woods Road Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Thornbush Road Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Bush Hill: 0.5 mi
- Gates Hill: 1.7 mi
- Miller Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cooks Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sweet Hill: 2.5 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 0.9 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 1.0 mi
- Johnathan Trumbull Jr. House: 4.5 mi
- William Beaumont House: 4.8 mi
- Dr. William Beaumont: 4.2 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 6.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 6.1 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 6.2 mi
- dog memorial: 6.6 mi
- Swifty: 0.7 mi
- Windy: 0.8 mi
- Willy: 0.8 mi
- Manny: 0.8 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 6.9 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.6 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 6.6 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 6.7 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 0.5 mi
- Wolf Rock: 3.7 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 4.1 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 8.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.3 mi
- Mary's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 1.7 mi
- fern and rock garden: 4.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 6.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.9 mi
- Crow Point: 20.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.3 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 18.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 20.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 24.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 11.2 mi
- Bara-Hack: 16.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 1.8 mi
- Old Spring: 23.3 mi
- Picnic: 22.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Hosmer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NE 51° | 240 m | 9.7 mi |
| Post Hill | WSW 248° | 239 m | 6.4 mi |
| Clark Hill | NE 53° | 235 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 49° | 232 m | 8.4 mi |
| Burnt Hill | W 263° | 229 m | 8.3 mi |
| Riley Mountain | NW 320° | 223 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hampton Hill | ENE 58° | 221 m | 10.1 mi |
| Shaw Hill | ENE 68° | 220 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207974 — Hosmer Mountain, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359264570
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 1 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 7 mi
- Storrs · 7 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
- Norwich · 13 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
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