Manitook Mountain
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Manitook Mountain rises to 119 m in Connecticut. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the northwest, 10 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
- 14.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 17.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 24 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine: 2.3 mi
- Salmon Brook Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- New England Air Museum: 5.2 mi
- Pioneer Valley Live Steamers: 6.2 mi
- King House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Duncaster Hill: 1.0 mi
- West Suffield Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Peak Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bushy Hill: 2.8 mi
- Crag Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Rail Trail: 1.9 mi
- Newgate State Wildlife Area: 1.9 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.8 mi
- Town Of Suffield (Babb's Road): 3.3 mi
- Granbrook Park: 3.4 mi
- Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.0 mi
- E. Alexander Bergstrom: 5.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 5.7 mi
- 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
- Southwick Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Front Garden: 5.7 mi
- Back Garden: 5.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.7 mi
- Side Garden: 5.7 mi
- 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
- Carpenter's Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 5.1 mi
- Enders Falls: 5.4 mi
- Beach Brook Falls: 5.5 mi
- Northgate Falls: 6.0 mi
- 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
- Babbs Beach: 3.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 8.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 16.4 mi
- County Beach: 19.6 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 20.2 mi
- Big Spring: 11.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 12.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 16.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 25.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetman Mountain | NW 326° | 446 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 263° | 421 m | 7.7 mi |
| Holden Hill | NW 323° | 412 m | 9.8 mi |
| Booth Hill | WNW 285° | 411 m | 10.1 mi |
| Winchell Mountain | NW 309° | 403 m | 8.1 mi |
| Morrison Hill | WNW 287° | 370 m | 9.1 mi |
| Washington Hill | WSW 253° | 359 m | 7.3 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | SW 229° | 358 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359265757
Day trips start here
- Longmeadow · 11 mi
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Blandford · 16 mi
- Holyoke · 17 mi
- Somers · 17 mi
- Hampden · 20 mi
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