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Mount Tom

Mount Tom, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tom rises to 300 m in Connecticut. Bear Hill stands 390 m to the north, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808310, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
300 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62398, -73.40762

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 47
  • Jim Hulton: 2.9 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 4.5 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 4.5 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 7.2 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 7.6 mi
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 37
  • New Preston Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cascades: 6.9 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 23
Gardens: 17
  • Judea Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 12.4 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 9
  • Jean Widmark: 8.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 14.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 14.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 17.5 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 23.0 mi
  • Pond View: 23.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear HillN 10°390 m2.4 mi
Segar MountainNNW 333°366 m6.3 mi
Tinker HillNNE 26°364 m5.1 mi
Mount BushnellNNE 31°363 m4.7 mi
Turner MountainWSW 244°362 m6.4 mi
Peet HillNNW 340°359 m3.6 mi
Leonard MountainNNW 332°357 m6.4 mi
Flat RockNNW 348°348 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2019:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211501 — Mount Tom, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359270444

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