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Manitook Mountain

Manitook Mountain rises to 119 m in Connecticut. Prospect Hill stands 425 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Duncaster Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

The story

Manitook Mountain, also called Manituck Mountain, 638 feet (194 m), is a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) long traprock mountain ridge located between the Berkshires and the Connecticut River Valley in north-central Connecticut. It is an outlying ridge belonging to 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. Manitook Mountain is known for its ledges and microclimate ecosystems. The mountain has no official trail.

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Wikidata Q3285978, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
119 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98454, -72.77898

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.0 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 3.4 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 4.4 mi
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 5.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Southwick Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Back Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Heroes of Westfield: 9.3 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 9.5 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 9.5 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 9.7 mi
  • Epiphany: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Manure Spreader: 4.4 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 4.7 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.1 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.1 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Carpenter's Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Enders Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Beach Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 13.6 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.0 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 15.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 15.8 mi
  • Rd: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Manitook Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNW 308°425 m9.7 mi
Pine MountainW 263°421 m7.7 mi
Holden HillNW 323°412 m9.8 mi
Booth HillWNW 285°411 m10.1 mi
Winchell MountainNW 309°403 m8.1 mi
Morrison HillWNW 287°370 m9.1 mi
Washington HillWSW 253°359 m7.3 mi
Ratlum MountainSW 229°358 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359265757

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