Mount Tom
Mount Tom rises to 95 m in Connecticut. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gingers Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808313, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 95 m
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise State Park: 0.5 mi
- Davison Memorial Walking Park: 0.8 mi
- Kruger Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Pine Brook Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 149): 1.6 mi
- Haddam Meadows State Park: 1.9 mi
- Salmon River Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
- Meeting House Green: 2.3 mi
- Great Hill Park: 2.5 mi
- Nichols Field: 3.0 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 2.3 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 3.9 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 4.2 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 4.6 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 5.6 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 2.7 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 5.7 mi
- Collier's Hut Remains: 6.0 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 6.3 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- Face in Tree: 9.4 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 9.8 mi
- First Tear: 10.9 mi
- snake: 11.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 12.2 mi
- Gingers Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Jenkins Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cave Hill: 0.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.2 mi
- Landing Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cremation Hill: 2.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.4 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 15.0 mi
- Middle Beach: 15.1 mi
- Stannard Beach: 15.2 mi
- Chapman Beach: 15.4 mi
- Mill Turbine: 2.6 mi
- grindstone: 4.6 mi
- George Washington rock: 5.3 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.6 mi
- Historic Ferry: 5.8 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 2.7 mi
- Moodus Falls: 2.9 mi
- Tartia Falls: 3.0 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 7.6 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 9.6 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.8 mi
- Crow Point: 16.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 18.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 0.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 21.1 mi
- Powder House: 21.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 17.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | NNW 340° | 241 m | 7.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NNW 336° | 228 m | 8.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | N 355° | 204 m | 6.3 mi |
| Goose Hill | SW 231° | 201 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 287° | 199 m | 6.2 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | W 275° | 186 m | 7.3 mi |
| Tater Hill | ESE 112° | 179 m | 6.5 mi |
| Buckley Hill | ENE 60° | 176 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270437
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 9 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Old Lyme · 15 mi
- Old Saybrook · 15 mi
- East Lyme · 16 mi
- Montville · 17 mi
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