Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Peak · Connecticut

Onion Mountain

Onion Mountain, a peak in Connecticut
Onion Mountain, a peak in ConnecticutD. Galt · CC BY 3.0

Onion Mountain rises to 253 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Uplands Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808353, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
253 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.86065, -72.87904
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Mountain Park: 1.1 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 1.8 mi
  • Meadow Pond: 2.1 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.4 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 2.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks: 57
  • Bike Sculpture: 3.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 7.2 mi
  • Cow: 9.0 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.5 mi
  • Painted Cow: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Jones Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.2 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 6.8 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 6.9 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 53
Gardens: 52
  • Perennial Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Shade Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Primary Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 40
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 4.6 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 6.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 6.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 8.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Onion Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW421 m8.1 mi
Center HillNNW393 m10.2 mi
Cotton HillWSW360 m9.1 mi
Washington HillNNW359 m6.7 mi
Ratlum MountainNW358 m3.2 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW354 m9.5 mi
Wallens HillWNW339 m9.7 mi
Hayden HillWSW332 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209518 — Onion Mountain, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359267067

More peaks in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore peaks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Onion Mountain.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens