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Minnechaug Mountain

Minnechaug Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Minnechaug Mountain rises to 215 m in Connecticut. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Glastonbury, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808255, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
215 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72399, -72.51425

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 0.9 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 1.6 mi
  • Car Wreck: 2.8 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 4.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 7.2 mi
Parks
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.0 mi
  • Butler Field: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 2.5 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Center Park: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Wyllys Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Case Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 54
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Crow Point: 5.5 mi
  • Flag Rock: 5.7 mi
  • South Wall: 15.0 mi
  • Solar Panel: 15.0 mi
  • Superstructure: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.1 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Minnechaug Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillNE 46°284 m9.2 mi
Reed HillNE 34°275 m10.2 mi
MannantuckESE 116°273 m2.4 mi
John Tom HillESE 116°272 m2.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 193°265 m6.7 mi
Box HillNNE 30°252 m6.2 mi
Clark HillS 184°241 m8.9 mi
Post HillESE 112°239 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359266159

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