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Kongscut Mountain

Kongscut Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kongscut Mountain rises to 234 m in Connecticut. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodale Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
234 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69565, -72.50231

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Butler Field: 1.5 mi
  • West Road Memorial Field: 2.6 mi
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 3.0 mi
  • Rotary Field: 4.1 mi
  • Orchard Hill Club: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 59
  • Car Wreck: 0.8 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 1.3 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 2.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 57
Gardens: 49
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Memorial Peace Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Blackledge Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Kongscut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE284 m10.3 mi
MannantuckENE273 m1.8 mi
John Tom HillENE272 m1.8 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW265 m5.0 mi
Box HillNNE252 m7.8 mi
Post HillE239 m8.6 mi
Lookout MountainNNE237 m4.2 mi
Birch MountainNNE233 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359265199

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