Minnechaug Mountain
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
- 26.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town of Glastonbury: 0.8 mi
- Buckingham Park: 0.8 mi
- Buckingham Island Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Jasmine Lane Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Crosscup Open Space: 1.3 mi
- 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
- Lutz Children's Museum: 2.2 mi
- Cheney Homestead Museum: 2.8 mi
- The Fire Museum: 3.0 mi
- Old Manchester Museum: 3.1 mi
- Museum on the Green: 5.0 mi
- Frog: 2.5 mi
- Sorry Rock: 5.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 7.4 mi
- Equality: 7.8 mi
- The Circuit Rider: 8.1 mi
- Kongscut Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mannantuck: 2.4 mi
- John Tom Hill: 2.4 mi
- Birch Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Nebo: 2.6 mi
- 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
- Slocomb Mill: 5.4 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.6 mi
- David Johnson Memorial Statue: 7.2 mi
- Graffiti Arches: 7.2 mi
- Henry William Reed Dedication Plaque: 7.4 mi
- 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
- Wyllys Falls: 2.9 mi
- Case Falls: 2.9 mi
- Blackledge Falls: 3.3 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 3.8 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.0 mi
- Crow Point: 5.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.7 mi
- South Wall: 15.0 mi
- Solar Panel: 15.0 mi
- Superstructure: 15.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 14.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.1 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 18.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 19.5 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 21.8 mi
- 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
- Gay City State Park: 3.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 16.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Minnechaug Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | NE 46° | 284 m | 9.2 mi |
| Reed Hill | NE 34° | 275 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 116° | 273 m | 2.4 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 116° | 272 m | 2.4 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSW 193° | 265 m | 6.7 mi |
| Box Hill | NNE 30° | 252 m | 6.2 mi |
| Post Hill | ESE 112° | 239 m | 9.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 34° | 237 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359266159
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 13 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- East Windsor · 14 mi
- Storrs · 15 mi
- Willimantic · 15 mi
- Somers · 18 mi
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