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Mount Hope

Mount Hope, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Hope rises to 297 m in Connecticut. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Minor Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
297 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71510, -72.97205

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Fetzer Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Bunnell's Falls: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Tory's Den: 1.4 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 2.3 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 2.3 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • James P. Casey plaque: 1.7 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.3 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.2 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens: 50
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 6.4 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 9.7 mi
  • Wolcott Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Home: 10.4 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 11.7 mi
  • Maori Head: 11.7 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 11.7 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Petro Cliffs: 1.2 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 1.3 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 7.2 mi
  • Green Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 11.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 6.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Mount Hope. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillNNW 331°360 m7.6 mi
Johnnycake MountainNNW 337°354 m2.9 mi
Guernsey HillW 268°346 m8.4 mi
Scoville HillWNW 295°340 m7.0 mi
South MountainSSE 164°313 m4.8 mi
Lindsley HillS 177°312 m6.4 mi
Camp HillW 262°311 m7.5 mi
Lattin HillWSW 254°310 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359289873

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