Parker Mountain
Parker Mountain rises to 275 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruby Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31808381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 275 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ruby Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Turnpike Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Hancock Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Fermier Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Pinecrest Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- River Road Park: 2.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 3.7 mi
- Haymarket Square: 4.1 mi
- Halls Pond Swim Area: 4.5 mi
- West Main Street Open Space: 4.6 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.1 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 7.1 mi
- Old root cellar: 7.2 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 2.5 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 3.7 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 6.6 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 6.6 mi
- Whifford Hill: 1.4 mi
- Holt Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sharpe Hill: 2.5 mi
- Wenberg Hill: 2.5 mi
- Rockwell Hill: 2.9 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 7.0 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 7.0 mi
- The Arc: 7.0 mi
- Harvest Joy: 7.0 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 7.0 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.2 mi
- Wolf Rock: 10.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 10.7 mi
- filled-in well: 11.4 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 12.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 6.8 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 6.9 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.9 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 6.1 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 10.3 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 11.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 13.5 mi
- Case Falls: 16.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 4.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 5.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.4 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 13.8 mi
- Streeter Beach: 15.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 8.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 13.1 mi
- Indian Leap: 21.1 mi
- Picnic: 11.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 12.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Parker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | NNE 17° | 396 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 33° | 371 m | 5.2 mi |
| Stickney Hill | NNE 32° | 371 m | 6.7 mi |
| Snow Hill | NE 35° | 362 m | 3.7 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | NE 44° | 361 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NNE 12° | 354 m | 4.7 mi |
| Tupper Hill | N 353° | 352 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bear Hill | N 355° | 347 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267273
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