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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

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Attractions: 58
  • 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: 56
  • 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
Nature reserves
Gardens: 47
  • 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
Waterfalls: 40
  • 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
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 HillNNW360 m7.6 mi
Johnnycake MountainNNW354 m2.9 mi
Guernsey HillW346 m8.4 mi
Scoville HillWNW340 m7.0 mi
Hayden HillNW332 m9.0 mi
South MountainSSE313 m4.8 mi
Lindsley HillS312 m6.4 mi
Camp HillW311 m7.5 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 50–80 °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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