Lamentation Mountain
Lamentation Mountain rises to 188 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lamentation Mountain State Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Lamentation Mountain, or Mount Lamentation, 720 feet (220 m), is a traprock mountain located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north 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. Lamentation Mountain is known for its scenic vistas, extensive cliff faces, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It rises steeply 550 feet (170 m) above the city of Meriden to the south with west-facing cliffs of 200 feet (61 m) or more. The cliff line, described by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association as "perhaps the most scenic traprock ridge walk in the state" is a prominent landscape feature visible for miles. The mountain is traversed by the 50-mile (80 km) Mattabesett Trail.
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Wikidata Q3216719, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lamentation Mountain State Park: 0.3 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Water Tank - Wilbur Cross Hwy): 0.5 mi
- Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park: 0.7 mi
- Cuno Camp: 1.5 mi
- Highland Pond Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Chauncey Peak: 1.1 mi
- Snow Hill: 1.4 mi
- Higby Mountain: 1.9 mi
- North Peak: 2.0 mi
- Camels Hump: 2.5 mi
- Beaver Pond Park: 1.4 mi
- Falcon Field: 1.9 mi
- Carroll Park: 2.0 mi
- Baldwin Pond Park: 2.0 mi
- North End Field: 2.1 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 2.7 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 3.3 mi
- Andrews Homestead Museum: 3.7 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.8 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 5.9 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 6.0 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 8.1 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 8.5 mi
- Hospital Rock: 8.8 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 9.3 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 3.0 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 3.3 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 3.3 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 3.5 mi
- Connecticut Trees of Honor Memorial: 4.9 mi
- First Tear: 4.9 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.0 mi
- Home: 6.4 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 11.5 mi
- Westfield Falls: 2.5 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 4.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 5.0 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 4.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.1 mi
- Boating Side: 14.9 mi
- Waterfront: 15.0 mi
- Green Wall: 9.4 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 9.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.8 mi
- Crow Point: 11.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 1.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Lamentation Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | WSW 259° | 301 m | 4.3 mi |
| East Peak | WSW 253° | 277 m | 4.0 mi |
| Higby Mountain | SE 145° | 272 m | 1.9 mi |
| Trimountain | S 170° | 232 m | 8.1 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | S 173° | 230 m | 9.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NNW 338° | 229 m | 9.4 mi |
| South Mountain | WSW 248° | 220 m | 3.4 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | SSE 169° | 219 m | 4.3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359265259
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Essex · 25 mi
- East Windsor · 26 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
- Tolland · 29 mi
- Old Lyme · 30 mi
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