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Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pisgah rises to 196 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pisgah Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.44686, -72.67353

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Durham Town Green: 1.7 mi
  • Allyn Brook Park: 2.0 mi
  • Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.5 mi
  • Guilford Town Park: 4.1 mi
  • Guida Farms Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 60
Gardens
  • Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.2 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Erin Street Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Gingers Garden: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 58
Artworks: 49
Attractions: 47
  • Selectmen's Stones: 0.9 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 2.9 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 3.3 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 3.9 mi
  • Bear Cave: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainNNW 334°272 m8.0 mi
TrimountainWNW 285°232 m3.3 mi
Fowler MountainW 266°230 m3.5 mi
Beseck MountainNW 321°219 m5.9 mi
Pistapaug MountainWSW 252°210 m3.5 mi
Camels HumpNNW 332°207 m7.5 mi
Goose HillE 93°201 m5.6 mi
Bear HillNE 39°199 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209823 — Mount Pisgah, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359267553

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