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Mount Tobe

Mount Tobe, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tobe rises to 267 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808309, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
267 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.63815, -73.04927
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade: 1.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Buttermilk Falls Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Town Playground: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Rotary Park: 2.7 mi
  • Village Green: 2.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • James P. Casey plaque: 5.0 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 5.6 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 49
Artworks: 48
  • Ben Franklin: 5.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 5.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 5.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 6.0 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 1.2 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 2.1 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 6.1 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 6.3 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 15
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 0.5 mi
  • Pond View: 24.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 16.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Cold Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Mount Tobe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainNNE 20°354 m8.5 mi
Guernsey HillNW 319°346 m6.7 mi
Scoville HillNNW 344°340 m8.6 mi
Poor House HillWNW 295°336 m8.9 mi
East Chestnut HillNW 317°324 m8.4 mi
Schermerhorn HillNW 305°314 m8.6 mi
South MountainE 82°313 m5.3 mi
Lindsley HillESE 104°312 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211482 — Mount Tobe, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359270408

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